
t 


*•. 





































* 



X 

MIMEOGRAPHING AND MULTIGRAPHING 


REPORTS 


/*7 

7§vt 




SUBMITTED TO THE 


Joint Committee on Printing 


SIXTY-SIXTH CONGRESS 
SECOND SESSION 


IN COMPLIANCE WITH 

Section 11 of Public Act No. 314, 65th Cong. 


Part 1—DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 


Printed for the use of the Joint Committee on Printing 



WASHINGTON 

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
1920 












TV** 

-VS* 


CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES. 

Joint Committee on- Printing. 

REED SMOOT, Senator from Utah, Chairman. 

EDGAR R. KIESS, Representative from Pennsylvania, Vice Chairman. 
GEORGE H. MOSES, Senator from New Hampshire. 

MARCUS A. SMITH, Senator from Arizona. 

ALBERT JOHNSON, Representative from Washington. 

JAMES V. McCLINTIC, Representative from Oklahoma. 

George H. Carter, Clerk. 

Committee Room No. 69, Capitol, Ground Floor, West. Phone: Main 3120, Branch 49. 


AUTHORITY. 

[Section 11 of Public Act No. 314, Sixty-fifth Congress, approved Mar. 1,1919.] 

The Joint Committee on Printing shall have power to adopt and employ such 
measures as, in its discretion, may be deemed necessary to remedy any neglect, 
delay, duplication, or waste in the public printing and binding and the distribution 
of Government publications: 

Provided , That hereafter no journal, magazine, periodical, or other similar publica¬ 
tion shall be printed and issued by any branch or officer of the Government service 
unless the same shall have been specifically authorized by Congress, but such publica¬ 
tions as are now being printed without specific authority from Congress may, in the 
discretion of the Joint Committee on Printing, be continued until the close of the 
next regular session of Congress, when, if authority for their continuance is not then 
granted by Congress, they shall not thereafter be printed: 

Provided further, That on and after July 1, 1919, all printing, binding, and blank- 
book work for Congress, the Executive office, the judiciary, and every executive 
department, independent office, and establishment of the Government shall be done 
at the Government Printing Office, except such classes of work as shall be deemed 
by the Joint Committee on Printing to be urgent or necessary to have done elsewhere 
than in the District of Columbia for the exclusive use of any field service outside of 
said District. ... --- ' _* 

2 LIBRARY; Or CONGRESS 

"HIVED 

JAN 211921 

j DOCUMENTS DIVISION 










7DQ 


CONTENTS 


-51 


Page. 

Summary of reports. 4 

Letter of Joint Committee on Printing. 5 

Reports from departments and bureaus: 

Agriculture. 7 

Commerce. 22 

Interior. 26 

Justice. 41 

Labor. 43 

Navy. 46 

Post Office. 57 

Treasury. 60 

War. 73 

Independent establishments— 

National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics. 89 

Alien Property Custodian. 89 

Civil Service Commission. 89 

Employees’ Compensation Commission. 91 

Bureau of Efficiency. 91 

Commission of Fine Arts. 92 

House of Representatives. 92 

International High Commission. 93 

Interstate Commerce Commission... 93 

Library of Congress... 94 

Panama Canal.. 95 

Government Printing Office. 96 

Public Buildings Commission. 96 

Federal Reserve Board. 96 

Shipping Board. 97 

Smithsonian Institution. 99 

Tariff Commission. 100 

Vocational Education. 100 

War Finance Corporation. 103 

Index. 104 

3 


































SUMMARY OF REPORTS SUBMITTED TO THE JOINT COMMITTEE 
ON PRINTING RELATIVE TO DUPLICATING AND MAILING MA¬ 
CHINERY OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE EXECUTIVE DEPART¬ 
MENTS AND INDEPENDENT BUREAUS OF THE GOVERNMENT 
IN WASHINGTON. 


Department or bureau. 

Num¬ 
ber of 
loca¬ 
tions. 

j Duplicating ma¬ 
chinery. 

Mailing machin¬ 
ery. 

Num¬ 
ber of 
em¬ 
ployees. 

Annual 

salaries. 

Num¬ 

ber. 

Value. 

Num¬ 

ber. 

Value. 

Agriculture. 

14 

4 

11 

1 

4 

13 

1 

12 

16 

1 

102 

29 

37 

5 

17 

49 

11 

46 

133 

1 

*18,128 
6,446 
8,797 
2,071 

3,105 
9,174 
3,592 
11,671 
37,488 

75 

75 

19 

35 

2 

18 

13 

9 

36 
38 

$20,884 
5,606 
11,145 
216 
2,695 
2,394 
3,021 
8,001 
9,015 

87 

19 

42 

9 

8 

38 

7 

54 

106 

1 

$79,462 
18,300 
39,330 
9,220 
12,160 
40,553 
8,940 
50,446 
119,643 

228 

Commerce. 

Interior. 

Justice. 

Labor. 

Navy. 

Post Office..*. 

Treasury. 

War. 

National Advisory Committee for Aero¬ 
nautics... 

Alien Property Custodian 1 . 



Civil Service Commission. 

United States Employee’s Compensa¬ 
tion Commission. 

1 

1 

1 

3 

1 

3 

880 

145 

590 

3 

632 

4 

1 

3,583 

840 

Bureau of Efficiency. 



Commission of Fine Arts '. 





House of Representatives 1 . 








international Higb Commission 2 . 








Interstate * ommerce Commission 1 . 








Library of Congress. 

1 

1 

1 

3 

2 

1 

492 

305 

45 

1 

1 

215 

157 

3 

, 3 

884 

950 

Panama Canal.. 

Government Printing Office. 

Public Buildings and Grounds 1 . 





Federal Reserve Board it . 








Shipping Board. 

I 

1 

1 

1 

1 

21 

1 

2 

9 

11 

8,109 

5 

815 

28 

29,040 

Smithsonian Institution. 

Tariff Commission. 


1 

6 

3 




Federal Trade Commission. 

Vocational Education. 

1,788 

1,980 

2,670 

1,407 

8 

10 

7,470 
11,960 

War Finance Corporation 1 . 

Total. 








88 

486 

114,881 

265 

68,873 

428 

433,099 



1 No equipment . 

2 Work done by the Treasury Department. 

* No report on equipment; expense paid by Federal reserve banks. 


4 


































































MIMEOGRAPHING AND MULTIGRAPHING. 


Congress of the United States, 

Joint Committee on Printing, 

Washington, February 20, 1920. 

Sir: In its investigation of Government printing, the Joint Com¬ 
mittee on Printing has ascertained that mimeographs, multigraphs, 
and other devices are now being used by the various Government 
departments and services in the production of vast quantities of 
publicity matter and printing, instead of having the same printed by 
the Government Printing Office or other printing plants. 

Before taking any action in regard to the substitutions for printing 
or reporting thereon to Congress, the committee desires a statement 
as to the extent to which such work is now being done in Washington 
for any branch of the Government service. It is not desired that this 
report shall include work bjr any field service outside of Washington. 

The information desired is indicated in the following paragraphs. 
If it is found impossible to make a prompt report on any of the 
items, kindly submit data therefor as approximately correct as time 
will permit. Where the quantity of the product is asked for the 
report should cover the last six months, if possible. 

ITEMS TO BE INCLUDED IN REPORT. 

1. Number, kind, location, and cost of all machinery or other 
equipment used in producing printed and typewritten matter (other 
than correspondence and office records) either by mimeographing, 
multigraphing, lithographing, or any other method of reproduction. 
Indicate in each instance if machinery is operated by motor or is 
equipped with - self-feeders, automatic ink rollers, or other devices 
similar to regular printing presses, and whether metal type is used in 
connection with such printing, together with method of setting the 
same. If any such machinery or equipment has been bought since 
March 1, 1919, so state, and by what authority. 

2. State, by classes, the kind of work done by such equipment, 
the approximate number of copies of each, and the cost, including 
paper, if possible. Submit samples of each kind of work reported on 
or a sample of similar work, especially any journals, magazines, 
periodicals, and other similar publications. 

3. State the number, kind, location, and cost of all addressing, 
folding, and mailing machinery and other equipment used for the 
distribution of matter reported on herein or any other matter printed 
for the use of the department or service, and by what authority 
purchased. 

4. State the number of persons employed in the operation and 
supervision of the machines and equipment reported on under para¬ 
graphs Nos. 1 and 3, together with their designation, location, com¬ 
pensation, and fund from which the same is paid. 


5 



6 


MIMEOGRAPHING AND MULTIGRAPHING. 


5. State the number, designation, location, and compensation, of 
all persons engaged either all or part of their time in gathering, 
writing, or editing publicity or press matter (not including bulletins, 
documents, and reports authorized by law), from what fund paid, 
and by what authority employed. 

6. State the quantity of publicity and press matter prepared and 
issued by persons included under the preceding paragraph, how’pro- 
duced, and how distributed. If possible, indicate approximate kind 
and weight of paper used in the publication of such matter during 
the last six months. 

It is requested that this report be submitted to the committee, or 
at least a preliminary statement made covering the principal items, 
not later than March 15. # 

A separate report on the above items covering any field service m 
continental United States outside of Washington is requested to be 
submitted to the committee not later than April 15. 

Respectfully, 

Reed Smoot, Chairman. 


NOTE. 

Wherever reference is made in the following reports to “ items” by 
number, the statement is in reply to the correspondingly numbered 
“iterns” in the above letter of inquiry. 



DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 


Department of Agriculture, 

Washington, February 27, 1920. 

Hon. Reed Smoot, 

Chairman, Joint Committee on Printing. 


Dear Senator Smoot: I have your circular of February 20, in 
which inquiry is made concerning the duplicating and mailing work 
of the department and the equipment used and employees engaged 
therein, and the personnel engaged in the preparation of press 
matter, etc. A report will be submitted on these matters prior 
to March 15, and a similar report covering the field service in the 
department will be submitted not later than April 15, as requested 
by the committee. 

Very truly, yours, 

J. R. Riggs, Acting Secretary. 


Department of Agriculture, 

Washington, March 22, 1920. 

Hon. Reed Smoot, 

Chairman, Joint Committee on Printing. 

Dear Senator Smoot: There are inclosed herewith statements 
giving the information requested in your letter of February 20, 
1920, relative to the duplicating and information work of this 
department in Washington. A similar report covering the field 
service of the department will be submitted not later than April 15. 

In order to place the report in your hands at the earliest possible 
date the number of copies of the duplicated material for the three- 
month period has been used, as that information previously had 
been collected. The figures given for this period, I presume, will 
answer the purpose of the committee. 

The subject matter of your inquiry is deserving of very careful 
consideration, because the effective operation and usefulness of the 
department in a large measure is involved. I will be glad to have 
a representative of the department appear before your committee 
if any action is to be taken upon the data here presented. 

Very truly, yours, 

E. T. Meredith, Secretary. 

7 




Item 1 .—Statement showing, by bureaus, the amount, character, equipment, and estimated annual expense of duplicating work (■multigraph, mimeograph, 
or similar process other than regular printing) by the Department of Agriculture at Washington, D. C. 

NUMBER, KIND, LOCATION, AND COST OF MACHINERY USED IN MIMEOGRAPHING, MULTIGRAPHING OR OTHER DUPLICATING PROCESS. 


MIMEOGRAPHING AND MULTIGRAPHING. 


a-gk® 

•d ftO . „ rv 

|£Ss2 2» 

^ . s_ *43 . 

r- ^ o co c3 a 

si 2-s l s il 

g.2 n 

co g 03 i- 

Siss oS p§ g p< 



S 3 S^d'-i’S 

o'3-a si 

. g.S<o g 
5> g'd ^2 a 

. 08 §.2 
gfc B 
£ < 



co«- 
do d 03 0 
.2 ^03^1 s 

w H . ® h ® !>, 

•a>£dsjr 

« 


® 

o 

04 


•4s 

sa 

w 


o-c 

’fc? o> 
o a? 

s 0 

•g'-s 
£ a 
II 


i 

o 


0 

1 O O 

O to 

0 

to 

g 

8 

t>. . . 

00 • • 

00 

8 

8 

05 

CO 

8 

to 

to 05 
CO CM 

CM 

CO 

CM 

to 

2 

t> 

to • • 

to 

3 

TT 

tO 

8 

CO 

2 






of • • 

of 






T) 

§■§ 

oP3 


pi 

1 : 

t-T > 

: ; 

= 0 
o3 S> 

O ® . 

: g 



o 

•3 


a§ . 
a Q * 


. £3 
! 82 


6'_ 

S*! 

® r,o 

|£.s 

5CQ 03 


> ® . 

■-> t» i_ 
04-0 o 

Igl 

111 

o^.S 


. s 
• o. 

P.-0 
2’2 

I i 


*9 

w 

>0 . 

0.50 

03 r~- 

. 

60 >» 
o h 
S C3 

.§2 


§ 

% 


a 

3 


-o . 

O bi 

a 

feja 

oro 

5* 

co 


a; 

Oh 

2 


3 

2 


® 

® • 

SS 

•3 c5 

H (H 

WO! 

eq 


,C 

O 4 

03 


O 

S 


Sg 

la 


Hri CM 


1-1 rH t>* 


cq 10 1 -H »-h CM 


P 3 

^ 2 

1 i s 

I s I 

'2 a ^ 

1 a a 

g « 2 

5 6m O 


J3 

O 


■§ 

0- 












































































DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 


U3 TJ 


»o 75 

3-2 

<N c3 

g = 

O »*H ^ O 

' (N ■- 
><N 


*X> 

05 


- ^ ~ 


rn • oo 

o o *>o - 

( CO ^ 


o oc *o 

75 H iH 

fl 
o 


08 o 


05 a « £>a2 a 55 a 2 

O O .0^0“ 


a~ 

• 2 ®<n 


00 . 

3*0 


'to ^ 

3 s 

0 > 


6' ’ 

4J O ,£ 

■ co.t 


-o S' o£ gtl 

* Ph « 


a 3 £ 

3-0 


13 33 cf 

3.2’§ .• 

- 43 C -a > 

02 MiO 
- < §>; 
Ph 



00 00 M o 

. y—i . lO 

o^c^nN 

O h H 

G P*H 


© 

ro 

© 


-H ^ co 

05 ^ r-. 

Sh A® p|o 

.2 . - o .2 

— 8 5 c'f 

75 .75 • 73 . 

*3 u i£*3 t- 

— — z: ^ c3 

crj^ cr-j 

05 Q5 ■ O 

K « tf 


T5 

C 

c3 

x; 


CO 


00 

r 


CO 

rH 

e<i 


o 

•o 


c 

T3 


o 

as 


o 

T> 


o 

Ti 


C3 rv 

^ >» 

+n 

a a 

S° 

— +- 
— r-J 

® u 
“ +j o 
4; a) +J 

aj2’C 

•n « > 

Ph 


23 

® s 

.2,3 

W 


P r; 

g’3> 

rQ a 

o 

g£ 

+J 

-a a 

s- o> g 

a -jh o 
to fa — 

(B Phh 

Ph 


a) 

a 

03 

a: 

a 

> 

• fH 

M 

'd 

fe'g 

S.2 

a 


o 


S3 

g 

5 

s3 

O 

’£d O 

o t® 


a? 

a 

a 


to 

8 

o 

00 

o 

00 

8 

8 

8 

© 

iO 

CO 

00 

o 

© 

iC 

rfi 

CO 


»o 

-rr 



CO 

<N 

?"H 

TT 




of 










• • . • 

• » • • 

• * • • 

'i 




1 • • « 

d 




• • • SX1 





• : : 3 

>> 





tuO ■ 




. . • 

o 




: : » 

"o 



c 

• • • 

O O O _CJ 

e . = 

d 


•a 00 

’S'S 

S’® 

S 6 

8 >: 

Sa 


o 

a 


o 

a 


op 


O Mfl 

a pi 


O 

a 


o 

a 


o 

a 


as 

a. 

a 


6 

i 


o 

(-) 

d 


o 

p-i 


rg 

d 

S3 


75 


d 

d 

C3 

o 


CO 

C^l rH 

CO 

rH i-H rH 

rH 





>> 


■H 


g 

a 

6J0 

J3 

O 

H 

o 

a 

B 

3 

•a 


<3 

pp 
































































































10 


-C; 

d. 

e 

o. 

o 


ft 

c- 

d, 

*■£ o 
”2 ^ 
2 d 

>-4i O 


;q 

i 

! S 

: a 

i ?>> 
sS 
><s> 

1 ^K? 

> CO 

> ..“J 


■u sS 
« ft 


?- 

c 

-ft 


S 

s 

o 

rO 

ft 


ds 

v. 

c 

—■ 
©3 


ft 

C3 

HO 

- 5- 
30 ^ 

g-S 
§ c 

^ CO 
ft CO 

-=> s 

>5 © 

~ fc. 

r2 

i.| 

ft c 

<» 


CO 


ft 

ft 

'■+-> 

ft 

5 

m 

CO 

W 

O 

o 


o 

g 

H 

< 

o 


a 

ft 

P3 

W 

X 

H 

O 

X 

o 

o 

Z 

HH 

ft-t 

hM 

© 

C 

g 

C5 

H 

© 

a 

o 

Z 


P5 

e 

o 

PS 

a 

a 

z 


w 

co 

£> 

ei 

w 

g 

3 

o 

a 

© 

o 

6 -i 

03 

O 

o 

o 

z 

<5 

z~ 

o 

s—< 

H 

< 

O 

o 

a 


z 

K 

w 

PS 

ft. 

*0 

a 

Z 


MIMEOGRAPHING AND MULTIGRAPHING. 


03 

c3 >-. 

-ft .-ft 
ft E 
ft o 

ft .ft 
©.*3 

«*-H HJ 

c <tf 

II 

a 53 


£ ts< 5 -/ 

o CD 

f l2 r ^ >. . 

«rt g . 

C w CO r,' 

co'S-' 

* Ci . ^ 


© O 


l|5 

ft ^ 
*? 03T3 

■ft ft ~ 

I 3 

. S'S’S 

OC rft ft J2 
’- ,x; -ft 2 

03 ft -ft 
i—i prj o o 


ftftftft 
go ©£ 

° £ ft 

03 SJft 
ft ca’ft 
-ft> ft o 
c3 *r* . 

>>ft d&j. 

.ft -pH <5 
o'd SPo3 

:j§ g-Sft 
2.5 ft 
Peso's 

C3 4-i —« C 


0 > 


O ft 
ft S3 
- d.-£ 
ft y, ft 

•2W^ 

c3 p-h 

'C 2 H 

© 03 £ 

2 S« 

R 05 ft 

© 0 ft 
cj3 PS 


feft §: 


— ft ® S’3 C bjn ft ft ft ^ 
ft'33ft -2ft “S-S ft 10 

, ft W ft C3 ft O'ft'ft ft 
r-r. Zi C, ±i - hr o o c3 


Ci 

^ s 


£ ft > H ftftca 

>>wft o s' 

^8 +a c ,»8a w ' e - 

HalS-gg 

no C .3 4^ -*-* 


Joo 


' >>0, 

— - i-H ^3 _a 

- 1025 ! ft 

Q> 


IQ tT § CT> 05 


os ft-^'5'2 J2 ®r; o ft© _ . 

^H9hC^O^h H Oi O 

bij'd P4C3 c3wh ^7q O.Sh o> 
ft ft«M Q 


ft ft *-H © 
^ ^ 


>» 

03 

a 


T3 6 £ 

ft ft 

03 ■£ 

03 +J 
©03 

>><g 

^ O 

o -ft 
_. o 
Tft JS 

ft5 

:ft <u 

^ s 


9^ 

O <x> 
^ CD 
CD *Y 

O *3 
«*-( co 
O !_ 
^-. O 

o 


a s 


o 


c 

© 


-ft 

ft 


O w 

^ 2 
03 ft 
ft‘ft 

a 1 ? 

a ft 
Z 6 


PS 


03 

© 

>> 

ft 

03 


bc'd o 6c 

o®oO 
^ 4-- ft '~ 

5 c w i 

rjT >3 ^ 

ft oft >. 
2 P-M 
^ - >. 

>>c S’® 
-®cft 

ts Sj = ft 

C/J 


03 

>-. 


2 s' 

ft m 
03 


O O C 
’ft-ft ft? 


o o 
"ft ftJ 


CO 


ft c 

O "ft 
o 

a 


£ 

o , • 
© S3 

T3 r ft 
= 03 

ft ft 

03 ft. 


O O _ 
’ft’© C 

I ft3 

• O 

.■a 


03 

^ . 
p, XT 
• ft a 

'C'zS 

ft 03" 

3S 


8 8 


ft SP 

03 ft 
»-< 

4-i ^ 

CO ^ o 




TT <M 
rHCOrH 

SHE 

000 

000 

pdPdsd 


03 

a 


a 

o 

0 

a 


© 

© 

o3 


x: 

© 

03 


C 

■c 


coo 

•Cdd 


o 

T3 


C 

'O 


ft 

-ft 

ft 




































































DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 


T—H 

05 

t—< 
•» 

t-H 

04 

♦ 

c« 


ic 

d 

2 ^ 

i—* 05 

— t-H 

lC 

^ Of 

■C ^ 

a> o 

r_ -r 

^ <w/ 


H 

05 

?-H 

C5 

be 

r-* 
»—' 

<i 


o 

00 

rf 


tC 

o 

t-H 

04 

rf* 

T-H 

05 

r-H 

05 

t-H 

05 

<6 

r-H 

t-H 

05 

05 

t-H 

^H 

05 

rH 

05 

r-H 

H 

t-H 

05 

rH 


▼-H 

rH 

»s 

o 

^■H 

— 

o 

04 

•> 

00 

04 

^H 

•V 

*o 

—V • 

o o 

—< /O 

of 

rH 

#• 

04 

rH 

—N 

rH 

Mar. 

<D 

P 

H 

H 

Li* 

P- 

< 

►>5 

rH 

H 

d) 

-H 

4— 

Pi 

o 

m 

rO 

c 

-H-> 

Ch 

C 

O} 


S SSSSSS 

2 2 CO 1*4 lO 
~ 05 QO hO ^ Cj 

tO 04 CO , “‘ d C5 

•—r rH ,— 04 04 d 

2 o Jg t-" t>-VToc 

£ 2 S S 5 53 


04 

>. 

c3 

•—< 


rs r 

**- c 

l 04 Ol 


*H OC g of 

O —' r-H - „ , 

<£ • o o> a.' 

g gpgd e a 

2 a> d £ 3 s 


<- . 

! — 

S'? 

04^ 
~C5 
tC ~ 

d co 

05 rr 
rr 05 
»,»- 
O - 
04 C 


<5 << 

I 

rH CO 

d o 

r- OC 


io r- 

S a* 


. 5 ! 

rS 04 
I 04 
O 05 
C5 ‘O 


—• CO o 


C-^ 

af£ 
w C 


"p 2 o 

aslsv 

Sf c. * +4 © 

<£zcp 


P 


r- ^ 

04 c3 

§ 

O fc- 

p£ 


oVT'C 

O 04 *“ 

s 

S cs 
P a 
s P 


o 

o 


Sr 

o 

» 

K* 

c 

<o 

p 


Sr 

o 


X 

<o 


p 

o 

be 


V3 

c 

° co 

—, r—< GC 

2 05 O 


O 

4-> 

-*H> 

• -r 

L, 

£ 

<o 

Pi 

w O 
— rfj 


l-o d 


‘3 od 
P p P 
a> a> c3 

C/2 CO H-: 


s~ 

o 

d 

a> 

o 


»- a> 

<X> 72 

£d 
O P 
p* 

rrH 5—> 

a ° c 

H4J+i 

SCO 

l-HH 
f*H ^ S 


$3 £> 

•g c3 

s 

J3 

C -D 
CL • 
rr d 

>i o 
c/: 


© 

cc 

d 

p 

o 

rP 

»N 

o 

CL 

>> 


^.H'SeeZ 

I *p 


C.T 


o 

"c5 

S 

o 

p 

O 


•s • 

5 ® 


J-4 

o 
c 

. . CL 

C o — 

’ e .'® s 

c3 


O 

>*- 


c o 

-o-o 


t- 

o 

c 


/. 

• 

o 

s 

m 


P 

c3 

rC 

o 


I 

c 

CL 

S 

c 

o 


c 

u 


O C O C C c c 

'C'CPP'CO’t 


a> 

r/: 

J- 

C 

•s 

c 

c3 


C C C C C O— 

-O *d *d -o'd -c ^ o 
R -^ i 
a c 


cS 

4-i 

0) 

k^-l 


5 c c o c c 


CC-.CC 
'CJ'Cg'C'C 

C3 


c 

c/2 


>y • 

i o 

P CL 


p p 
3 c 


.S-( 


O 


o 

CL+J 

r-* 

^ o 

5 o C <L 

cs ted p i 0 

-4-^0 ' 

O CO 




O 

d 

c 

o 


o 

02 


d w 


o c 
dd 




ic iO 
r- 


»o 

05 


O 

00 *r 




rr 

TP 


sgg 

oi oi o 

lOiON 
r-H »-H 04 


CO L- 
04 iO 

Tf i-H 


o 

IO 


05 

•n 

04 


oooocooo 

O 0000000*0 

co o o »o >6 io *6 cc »-h 

rf ^ CC 'T' *^T 05 

r-H r—i H t-H r—i H t-H CO 


*00-0' 
04 O r d *0 1 
J- 


05 o 

CO 05 


CNIO 

o o o 

<D 04 04 

o 

£ 


IO 

04 

05 

r-H 

05 

•N 

04 


o 

CO 

Tt« 


ISO 

Si? 

o 


o 

*o 

l'— 

lO 



s- 

o 

c 

c 

•C 

H-J 

t- 

p 

o 


o c 

dd 


Jh 

c 

d 

• H 

fc- 

4h . 

o U 

o o 

^rS 
P C 

-4-i P • . 
U} r? u, 
Q* ^ '•— 
O 

*> O 


o 
d o 
d 


c 

o 

C3 


4-« 

c 


LJ 


COO 


— p. 

O c/2 

■ S 


ccococcc 

dddddddd 


c 

P 

H-3 

C 

P- 


CC 

c 

z 

p 

d 

5— 

be 

c 

c 


o c o o c 
ddddd 


te 


/N-* 

H 

d 

u 

c3 


O C 
dd 


C O O O O o 


§ fc 

^ p 
Z*C 

tP P - 
PtP 
P p, 

hr 03 

s_ 

g &e 

O) *T“< 


c3 

ooS 


o 

• —4 

c/: 

c3 

tC 


c 


■p.^ 

r3 




p: 

c3 

5- 

be 



^ w w w W 

• • • t i H • 

• « i • • J3 * 

W W W w i-i 

• • 1 • H 

• I • 1 V 

p 

rH 

.Pd 

W 'w' -r- rH 

, , rr r i 

. . S3 5 • 

•r-’ w 

r —1 • 

T— 


• • • • i M • 

• • • • • ^5 • 

• • • i • i 

• • • Ip 

1 • • • ^ 

ill I 

s 

• ••til W » : . 

• ••Ill ^4 

■ III! I 

• • WH r P 

• • s-> * 

• • • 

h-h • 


P- 

c3 

• P C 


05 

r— rH T— r—• i—■ t-H —H r— rH t—< rr rr t— t—H % 

rr 

1 rr t-H t-H 

co 

rH 


rH 




V 

o 

C3 


d 

8 


n 















































































































































































12 


MIMEOGRAPHING AND MULTIGRAPHING. 


A, 

© 

S- 

5?5 

o 


-S5 

ft, 

53 

S~ 

535 rA 

^ 2 
33 ft 

S.S 

•zM 

o O 

Lj. 

ftO 

. 

53 c> 
SJ H-t 

ft, ft 
ft ft 

ift to 
® 535 

^ ft 

ft 5 ^ 

v cc 

II 

fts 

ftti 

cx o 

V ^ 

*-> F 
ft ^5 

33 ft 

ft o 

ft >~o 

ft ? 

S 53 
ft • ft 

-© S'. 

5^ 

ft^ 

S 

■■S •« 
S § 


S£s 
■2 « 

5 Ci 

s <» 

©►ft 

ft fts 
53%© 


so ^ 

ft "S? 
ft ft 

<^j o 

ft §0 
^ £ 
fti o 

rO 

»v 

2 s *» 
ft ft 

•<>> **o 
11 
e o 


5 

CO 


£ 

(S 

Eh 


A 

© 

ft 

ft 

ft 

ft 

6 

l 

CO 

CO 

w 

o 

o 

p? 

Ph 

o 

—I 

Eh 

< 

o 

I—I 

A 

A 

£> 

A 

A 

A 

W 

Eh 

O 

Ph 

O 

o 

£ 

HH 

K 

A 

<1 

A 

e 

•—1 

Eh 

A 

A 

S 

cT 

z 

r —I 

w 

A 

<5 

Ph 

o 

O 

A 


Ph 

O 

A 

co 

O 

O 

A 

£ 

< 

fc 

O 

HH 

<5 

o 

o 

A 

a 

z 

3 

« 

A 


A 

Z 


© 

</? • 
C3 >» 

A.'£ 

p c 
ft 0 

ft A 

a£ 

v. ft 

O S3 
© A 

« A 
A * 


►ft tc 
ft ft 
©•42 

£ o 

O ’ft 
_. ft 

?2 a 

ft ft 

ft ri 

Ag 


o © 
42 ’ft 
ft 8 
o *v 

QJ-* 

o "© 

ft OT 

O u, 

■ft? 
ft ft 
A 2 

© § 
S2 


o 

O 


ft 

ft 

2 


ft CO 

*H ft 

© ft 
A-ft 

!l 

is 


S3 

© 

g 

A 


si 


O’l'- 
© <N 

A 


SC (M 


ft © 

25 s 

d 3 

|2 i-s 

A 


00 00 

ft ft CO 

05 05 

i-H rH . 

cHTicT^f 1 

A ®;3 
ce 


>. 

© 


© 

A 


00 

*H 

05 


A 


< o ftftO h 

-■ft NOlP c* 

SC ft Of N C 

■ 05 ft .foot 1 . C 

i oc sg co co 00 
1 crcios a , ft , cro5 crS cros ftS s 

AA AAA A A A 


CO 00 , 


TO C3 
. h -: 

CA - 

> co AS . 
. • 2 «o ft 

.2 .“-.A 

^05 Aft ft 
1 ft © 04 © 

: A A 


A 


ft 

/%> 05 

rH r-< 


,f d 


ca—j • 3 
Or^ C3 

•^©l>ft 
2 S 2.2 2 ■ 

(hOKHpOOO 

--O^g’OAft 
ft c3 S 
A <A 


^ H M 
® ft ft 

f © © 
ft P«A 

>>.S 


ft Aft S P' 
ft >,2ft^ 

®p ft s'd ® 
Cm 


ft-ft 

°*S- 


f3 ft 

A’C 
ft £. 
c3 

£ 


c3 A 

©a ®.2 5 c 

,gs 


d ^ 
g c 


o 

A P 

^ >» 


° A 
: Pcs 


w ^ W ’ W . 

jfgtf.&S 

’h 


■o ft.g’g 

® 3ft «8 
ft c3 i ft 
03 -C A 
" © © « 

S-'gil 2 s 

>1.2 224- 

h * H a C h O 

fl § o g-E S'? 
Sc: ft S aS 
A A 


■ ® ft© S H- .ft 

o^ggsofl 

A ’C 2 Pa e 

t- > Aft >, • ^ 
o ^ >i O 40 — 

! Uh 


c 

'd 


o 




0 Q 


0 

0 

»o 

CO 



*0 

0 

10 




CO 

t— 

rH 


^ CO 

So 

ft 

OCZJ 


o o 
T3 A 


coo 

•CAA 


o 

A 


o 

A 


o c 
A A 


A 

A 


A 

A 

© 


c 
> A 


O O 
ns A 


O O c 
A AA 


A 

§ .g 
■Sa.2 

A AA 
fl S A 
ft be- 

Ah O <D 
C Oi CL 
r! c 
O d - 


x« 

A 


8 
5 6 

*S 


o 

A 


A 

O 

s 

a" 

A 

c3 


ft 

£ 


© 

A 

O 

ft 

a" 

A 

c3 


ft 

£ 


A 

C. 

S3 

i- 

bC 


ft © 
ft A 


c 

A 


O O 
A A 


© 


© >- 

'/. • o 

® Aft 

PP© 

ft A 

ft. (1 H 
b£ 


ft A 


t*.. 

o-g a 

A > 3 
' C3 I 


o^. 


A L- 
-> A c3 
ft ft E 
ft g W) 


A 

A 

C3 

In 

6b 

o 


O *Cm 

A S? 

:a 
co 


© 

CO 


c3 

ft 

CO 


A 

ft 

C9 

t-i 

o 


1 Unfit for use, * Old model, 3 Of no value, 













































































































DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 


13 


ft, 

ph 

k 

o 


O 


S 

*V«-* 

c4 

S 

w 

H 


Ci 

a 

a* 

D 

Q 


H 


H 

55 

O 

a 

CO 

e 

CC 

C 

O 

o 

£ 

ccT 

a 

HH 

£h 

o 

o 

pH 

c 

Pi 

w 

CP 

a 

& 

£ 

w 

z 

c 

ft-! 

K 

PS 

c 

b 

Ph 

o 

e 

z 

§H 


73 

24 

c5 

6 

© 

Pi 


© 

a 

o 

24 

fr- 

c 


tx 

s 

•^H 

4-^ 

c3 

© 

'S 

d 

pH 

M 

c3 

>s 


.S.£b3'i 
g-xs S o5 

in .Si -*-5 d H3 
&0x; c3 

d ^>>2 

d fd © 

*"* W- c/2 

©*> s ©r?$ 
■c * S ^ 2 

^ 73 ^ 3^2 

W C r/) o R 
-* © •■ ' 


P* 

.s 


o 

pi 


7 J H 73 W H .« 
O O « s ^ * H H 

d " « e . C 
^ +3 l £ ri ^ O 


22 H o d T3 vr 

;s|gSg« 

“ & c'g g-o' 

^ _ . 


*- .X 


^ © a3 ^ 
< *d 


c3 

© 

• « 

4-^ 

c» 

C3 

J- 


d'd' 


« £ £ 5 ® 

ST o.$J8 
fl ».i|o 

c3 ♦—• X r*C 

► q X >-• 

^ W 7) O rH 
— O © 

W d O r- 

r- C X 

>..2 ^ c-' 2 

~ C3 P”* 

- 73 73 


C V- 

£ © 


c n 

5—< 
© 
4i 
4-» 

O) , 


d 

o 

73 


O P5 
x 




fc/. 

. d , 

^^5 fc 

a: ^ X 
C - ^ 

OT c. 

G 


© sfefe'sT 

OT C3 £ £ £ . 

£ S2 
S§-gc^S2 

5^. co 


—< v_ 

o£’ 


© 

d 


24 

t- 

C 


d 

M 


cc 

<p 

u 


cc 03 2 S5 

r< C-P P h n 

5^ g £:t5 25 

•h f DPXO M > 


.2s _o 
cc 

o P- 

° © g o 


. , <» 

,2 ^ 
■p ^ o 
d 


g ” I s 

• f H 2 r o o 

'3.5~ C5S 2 

CP C? O c3 
w^j: (T^o 

Eh 


°-£.s 

w CO 

" ^ g 

a* rX 

. 

>> b£ 

• ^ C 

•Pi 

^ 2 c3 

d c 


^ r~\ w yy 

vs — 1 x: cr 

L> ' 




"C -d 
p3_h 


o 

73 

a> 

c? 

t- 

CP 

r-* 

>> 

d 

03 

24 

fc- 

O 

& 

73 


O 

’’d 

O 

O/ 

3 

03 

O 

O 

c3 

u 

PU 

d 


a® 

• 

O+JiO x 

(M2P 

S co d § 

O o ® 

.B &.? I 

«! ^1 
c3 25 d d 

C G5 «, j-< 
CO '- 
M «_ 73 _2 
20 oXi'd 

.2, biD-^g 

■p 5 pai 

gP3 2*- 
dp d o 

•^h C3 ••—< 

73 -*p bJO 

.2 cj. 23 d 
-d^'dS 

_ 4^* __ 

d^ d o 
d 2 03 0) 
o d a> rd 

^ .d ^ ^ 

g S2^> 

03 o 03.2 

a 2 

C^ 2 « c3 

73 d -X 4J 

<n ,q o # 5g 

^dco g 

o ^ 

u 

<D 


73 

CJ 

o 

>> 

a 

a 

o 

u_ 

o 

o 

a 


o 
d 

-p> 

d 
20 

8 t 
d- 

cx 

d 

73 


o 

+-> 

o3 

© 

a 

o 


o 

c? 

d 

c_ 


CO 


i—> 

o 
& 


s O 

o © 
■^20 


73 

© 

• •—4 

P- 

C 

© 


c3 

4-i 

O 

-4P 

8 

O 

3 

*d 

z 

o 

d 

•^-4 

d 


*>* 

S-i 

_d 

*d 

73 

"d 

d 

03 

(-> 

© 

JO- 

cS 

a 

73 

© 

T7 


© 

d 


73 

o 

O 


73 

P- 

© 


© 

•-H 

£ 

t- 

o 


73 

© 

> 

fc- 

73 

(—- 

• 

c 

73 


73 

d 

© 

£ 

© 

Pi 

o3 
pi 

73 

73 

© - 
S = 
A,o 

|g 

If 

• pH 

C- 


$156. 09 

i 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

t 

• 

• 

• 

• 

318.50 

2,264.00 

00-000‘l 

3,575.25 

1,036.14 

4,611.39 

iO 

co 

05 

00 

©4 

o 

o 

»o 

pH 

00 pH 

00 O 

»C 05 

t-H t-H 

Tt< 

68 ‘m 

»o 

• 

• 

»o 

t-H 

o 

o *o 

lO 

o 

o 

CM CO 

iO 

CM 

• 

y—f 

CO 

»o 

CO CO 

CO 

o 

o 

U0 ^ 
05 rt« 

05 

CM 

i 

CM 

o 


L- O 


CM 

o 

CO 


• 

rv 


»s 

»N 


•N 





• 


05 

o 

i^- »o 
o cc 

Tf. 

fH 

CM 

o 

t-H 

05 O 

o 

CO 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

r- 

o 

»"H 

*o 

CM 

00 

co 

f"H 

05 

i"H 

CM 

CM 

05 

CM 


i ^ 
s 2 

73 . d 

^ © ® 
O © ^ 
PfT S 
d 2 

d ° s 

® ® 

SSv. s 

^3 o d 


> ^ 
'd 03 
d d 

© p 

8 S 

o3 © 


CO 


© 

^1 

d 


73 


73 

g 

• p*H 

73 

© 

© 


73 

© 

© 
•»—4 
+-} 
O 


73 

h- -tr 

© s 

p*© 
d 

p rv 

p^ l—i CT' 

*d © ® 
© Jh u 

22o 

S C3 >> 

§ § g: 

^R| 
® ® £ 
3 > d 

O’ rx 


© 

© 

© © 
54 
02 50 

oT § 

■gs 

c3 2 

° £ 

*> 

e-fl 

£X 

•S 03 

■ZJ'P 
c » i 2 
© C o3 

c d © 

d © d 

d-d c 

cr d © 

,9.2 9 

CO 


•Sc 

2 © 

© 


73 




•2 

Pi 

© 

(H 

8 

fc- 

*—H 

© 

'd 

d 

03 

C3 

73 

d 

© 

c 

© 

••H 

Pi 

>4 

c3 

© 
P*H 

a 

*2 C3 

P4 

a 


O 

pi 


pi . 

© £ 


2 *- 
§> «8 

s ? 

O o 


E 

© 

03 

p. p- 

£ 

|S 

^ £ 

o d 

a 


73 

t- 

c3 


73 

tH _ 

© d 

S eg S 
®'g.S 
^ 8 « 

^S»rt 73 

55 g 

s o.2 

s > a 


22 d 
dd 
o3 K 

H Sf 
b£ O 

.•H © 

d d 
d. G 




>. 

© 


co 

r—* 

03 

© 

•2 

o 

•H 

CP 


73 

o 


d 

&- 

c3 

O 

CC 

© 

"d 


tic 

d 

d 

Cu 

d 

03 

© 

•d 


© 

© 

t: 

d 


d 

© 

a 

© 

sc 

C3 

d 

03 

a 

a 

t-i 

o3 


73 

03 

S 


73 

w 

P4 

c 

u 

O 


ao 

•pH 

a 

© 

d 

r • 


7 

d 

c 

• pH 
Pi 

c5 


20 

d 

a 


>» 

M 

Pi 

§ 

*d 

d 


03 

a 

• H 

d 


>* 

W) 

O 

"6 

a 

c 

pi 

d 

a 


© 

© 

••n 

> 

u 

© 

CO 

^i 

73 

© 

i- 

o 

Op 




i pages. 2 Including $263.65 for paper. 




































































I'iem 2 .—Statement showing, by bureaus, the amount, character , equipment, and estimated annual expense of duplicating work ( multigraph, mimeograph, 
or similar process Other than regular printing) by the Department of Agriculture at Washington, D. C. —Continued. 

KIND OF WORK DONE, NUMBER OF COPIES, AND COST (3-MONTH PERIOD USED)—Continued. 


14 


MIMEOGRAPHING AND MULTIGRAPHING. 


tX 

-.5 d 
tS-o © 
O 5 S' 
r'," fi 


.S fi o Sxj 

ii'" 1 t» 2 i) 

fI§*S 

X fi fi-fi'S 
~© 

0 S ca-g 
sx S«e.2 
o t- - a-a 

Jl ° w p 0 

.§ £ a 1 « 

afals? 

•d S © fix: 

fi ei'c 
<»'S X3 © © 

© 3 fi 
•3 co 5 
P- o .fi.22 43 
2 fi & _ © 

.Sf bx>~ — 5 
43 u O 

s§©bs 

a §5 3^ 

03 to — 

£o>£2> 

£ CO ® S 3 

§!*f I 

«h ^ 22 *» © 

<V S *—I 

4-5 r-t C ~ 

°§ £ ‘43 . £ 
© © £ 

*1h *-« C/3 


44 

o 


s' 2® 5 

l>ga 
^12 
5f 3 +P © 
®0J. 2. 
-O P»> © 

o c.2 fi 

O-fi © 

1511 

U-l'i 

© £33^3 

5.U2 * 
"°Ra 
jo © ®-2 

bx£; si 
fi ®33‘fi 

> fi fi 

8*«S 


fec.L 

© 3 ■ 


C8-S 

© © 
c/; 


S O 

«H C, 
CO 

O o 

£ r d 

CO — 

o § 
^ 3 


- .So 
-fi © *2 fc 
©.fi £ ° 
fi^ > © 

o fe. 

•o 5 

44 

O-C 


^•P ® J 

® Mg §■ 


f' hi r^, 

o 2 

aof£f g 

.r~> 

005 w bfi? 

|l'§.ag 

^ ft fi 2 
© 2 mjz £* 

H 


o o 

CO P>1 



05 t>- 

00 r-4 

(M iO 


00 CO 
00 Tf 


° .S©fcS 

« 8 Sc33c-: 

-fi VT 1 © fi gH 
tp A hr^ 




<— rix © © o> 


o o o 
o o o 
© to o 


co 2 

»0 Tf« 

ofco 

cC cC 
CO CO 


si 


05 lO 
<M 1- 
c© 


o 

TJ 


i CO co 

c c g 

© o o 


: S 
• © 


© fi c3 $ • 
fi fi £4 co 


© 


®p M 
p 2 M 
M d g 

.© O fi. 
p S-a 
fi: © fi 

©•d c3 
co 

©fi! co 

© C 

6 § g 

® ©‘o' 
3gjofia' 

©.22 ©.243 

CC5 3 fi! 'u, 33 
®3 w -3 SO C 
© 5 53 fi 

22 fi W o3 

p J >,fi" 

- -3-S 

fi fi © C8 fi 

« O © be o 

E 


!fi! 'ft 

i CO si ° 

, cn 


© 

•5* 

^ui _ 
fi © 

ct3 co 

x> © © 

,S pfi 

s ? ® 
© © 

- 

fi sa 

°2 -fi 

CO +P fi 

fi ° fi 

,2o 


.5 a 

aa 


*o © © 


>5-fi 
^ t: fi 

CO X! © 

2© fi 

4^0 


as 

£t3 
J fi 

3 a 
C3 M 

© fi 

3 2 

ft o 

>, bCoa 

■fi p fi 
>-.0.0 

■fi a © 
2 8 fi 
Cfi'g 

S£2 


OriSP 

P 

© r. o 

H ® 

2^2 3 

- §30 

2 s fe 
§S| 

—c Sh olfi 
ft bfi© © 

ol^ 

t^SSfi 

-*3 co © 
34 firM fi 
© <s fi fi 
©33 S © 
XiPn-fi M 
O: Q3 


o 

3-5 to 

fl 


c3 


O 

co & 

fi *2 

33 co" 

§ a 

.a c 

©^ 

U-t 

>.- 
© CO 

a fi 

© o 

bX).fi 
tn +p 
© © 
d 3 


fi ° © 

© d fi 
© fi o 
co fi t> 


33 

P*£ 

c<3 ft 

g.2 3 


Jti 

3 

o 

~ 

‘o 

'C 

r4 

3 


o 
6X-*p 
fi ® 


ffi 

c8 

5b 

o 

© 


3 t- 

Q 


►••'I 

O 

G> 

b£) 


XL <D 

br 

S§ 

3 33 

s 


fi! 

fi 


3 

E 


03 

O 

03 


© 

44 

a 

—> 

i< 


© 

m 


03 


fij 

d 

03 

(p 

o 


— © 

x -p* 

p -p» 

Pp CQ 

















































Statement showing , by bureaus, the amount, character, equipment, and estimated annual expense of duplicating work ( multigraph , mimeograph, 
or similar process other than regular printing) by the Department of Agriculture at Washington, D. C. 

NUMBER, KIND, LOCATION, AND COST OF ALL ADDRESSING, FOLDING, AND MAILING MACHINERY. 


DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 


15 


CO 

S 


3 

ft 


o 

ft 

-3 

3 

<1 


8 

o 


3 

3 

3 


ft 


•—« 

+- 00 

G 

C-Sh 


a> o* 

*Ut 


W) 

CO ^ ^ 


G <15 

& fa 

s* 



5 - ^ 
C G 

G 

0 0 
0 >*£ 
^ rft 


C ft 

£ | 

~ O 


_o 


. to 

is be 

V 3 


H d 

<*£ 

e .2 

.2 3 
3 g 
'n'O 


"3 

■3 

■3 

O 

o 

ft 


c 

Q 


305 


3 

..2 
• c/i ft 
“2 © o3 

11^ 
« rt 3 
.©co 

^ C3 . 
<++ <£> O 


ft.3 

o dH’rt 

gisa-s 

S «3 ft3 o 

-G - 

> ^ G x 
' O C 

Hg^os 

05 •'H C3 C 
ft 3 © cs £ 

_ 03 "2 O x-i 
o o” —i 

||(£ 3© 
,2 ft ""ft 03 


H 

&X) 

S 

b4 

ft- 







O 

O 

C 

G 

.2 

5 

G 

.2 

c3 

5 

"5 


CO 


, 2 . O 

3 ft 

c3 

3 -ft 
© 05 7? 

°053 


3 

til 


uu eL<» _ - 

£ g §3 

. IS ft 2 

O O” H M ® » . 

OQ 3"&;3 £-g*3'3B2 

o 3 3 3 s- 3 3 3o> 
S;oo+- , 3©©©'-‘ 
ft ft ft ftftftft 


© ft 
ftio~ 
_CC(C 

.gc 

• O c 

w 4ft- td 

• 'S . 

^ oc 

rK CJ 1 CGC5 

'w O) t-H 

(V» Ov-» 


o .2 


r- *— *D 


CM 

c 


cr 

0 > 


PS 


X . c/3 . 

*C3 QC *G oc 

r^o CTO 
5)-- O- 

cs CS 


o G 

'SS 

is 

£ s 


® be 

.3 

*2 bi>3 

s.a-3 

3 


00030 
o o o t. o 

6 -6-0 § -6 
1-33 a< -o 
(NNN 2-0 

H o 

£ 


coo 

3 3333 


o^ 

ft 


_© 

13 

© 

co 

© 

ft 

_o 

"© 

> 

3 

© 


c« 

3 

3 

03 

•3 

m 


3 

© 

ft 

O 


ft 

a- • 

03 © O © 
tlft^ ft 
O £ 03 g 

II PI 

3 S-ft 3 
3 £ 3ft 
< O ft '% 


03 

ft 


ft 

o3 


3 3 


CO 

ft 


ft . 
-OCO 


ft 

ft 

o3 


3 

3 

o3 


© 


3 ft 


i 

■ ft 

O—. 03 O 

3 ©3 "o3 


© 

ft 



3 

0 

• “ 

• O 

: S : 

'rG Cu ‘ ' 

f-H ^ ‘ 


§ 

:£ 

• w • 

ftp : : 

CM 

- 

i-H r—« 

r-H 1 —1 1—I 

r-H i-H — CM 


rt b/o 

2 i 

o ft' 

3 « 

Bj5 

5ft 

C eg 


be 

3 


O 

°-B 

C s 

c 


X 
© 

p 

bC 

3 © o 

o £3 .3 

- ft°S 

© c3 ft O 


© 3 
■3 © 


3 

P 

^© 


C — 
ft 


>5 

© 

> 


CO S3 


>> 


PQ 






























































Item 3. —Statement showing, by bureaus, the amount, character , equipmen t, and estimated annual expense of duplicating work (' multigraph , mimeograph, 
or similar process other than regular printing) by trie Department of Agriculture at Washington, D. C. —Continued. 

NUMBER, KIND, LOCATION, AND COST OF ALL ADDRESSING, FOLDING, AND MAILING MACHINERY—Continued. 
































































DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 


17 








. 

X 

tO 

• C5 

2 

it 

0 10 


SpS 

CO 1 iO 

~ 0 g 

0 ci 0 
to c© to 

OG ..X 

S-O 

— Cte r- 

t^ 

O 

13, 191 

2 

|SI2 

O — -j 

-co" ^ 
^ ^ CO 

X 

to 

0 

0 tO 
t ro 

O "T 

O Oi 

« ^■■tTooeeSV 
Saa3;--22-te 

© 

d 

cc 

p 

< 

CO 

© 

£ 

1-0* 

§ 0 >» 

333 
- 3^ 
1 — ^ «5 

0 L 2 r 2 

tO 

oV 

2 ’« « 2 “S S 5 ® 52 if 0 

OCT to 


s? 


—• 0 c; 
0 to Ci 

Cl 

—■ C4 

«— c; OI 

cq 

CO 


-—to — 

il 

C3 

© © 

£ £ 

.©©^.©.^^^P©^- 
-g 3 (3 g> 3 &P? te'3C 
,2 3 3 © 2 3 © 3 

© • © 
323 = 

© 

3* 

zr 

crcr cr 
© © © 
-> ^ 



^ i*^ k —: CC *—i Z/} *—: 



Ph 

0+ 


c - 

© 


8 88 


;88S8S8: 


tO to 
— 


COiOOCCCOOiOiCCOiO 

--r-Tj'CCMr.^v.NNCL'lL': 


C 3 0 0 


g 8 

C t- 


N 


fc£ 

3 


© 

ter 


co c 

^ S 

c s 

3 

o 


• © 

: > 

■ .2 

i’3 

• 03 

* ^ 

:||g 

S.®« 


Oi ‘ O q 

occ 5 

CJ • 

<N 


S| 

II 

o.« 

■3 = . 

■ WS 
00 

o ® £ d 

~ a S’® 

✓ri o • 


• CO 

• CO 


aj o 

v-, U. 


: • o o 
^ , e , d 


ooccoccoocoocc 

f ^ f C f C r ^ r w , w'C'w , T3'C^'w’w'C 


O GO 
Cl 


53 

££■§ 

OCQ 


c 

■3 


ll 

O rC 

*3 © 

S3 

»£> 

a a 


5 3 
-1 © 


© 

.3 

.3 

© 

C3 

s 

ex 

3 


3 

& 

O 


© a“ 

= p 
2« 
qp- 


c 

-c 


g.3 

&£• 
o g 

m ©C 


3 

.3 

3f 

& 

<a © 

— Q 


*3 

P 


0) 


© 


ex ■ 
3 ‘“ l 
■3 © 


fie. 


C i, 
~2 © 
£ 


S£ _ 

3-5 
© c 


_ tr C 

©3.o©ooo©,eocggco3c 

2 g 33 -g ^ "3 ,3 P.33 -3 -§ "3 33 ~C "3 

•’3 2 • ’■ o O 

:<;c : :f©[^ 


33 £ . TS 3 
3 M • T3 3 
< :< 


I c 

3 • 

S : 



• i 
© 

lift 

2 o c o 
S P.3 S 
ac-r— - 

i!§i 

-i-p £ 

W O U -2 
3 ^ 
© c ^ jr 

* S* 


33 

s 


« 

3 

— 

X 


3 

O 

~ 

•3 

3 

— 

c 


172219—20- 




i Do not know; bought prior to 190(1. 2 Electric driven. 

















































































18 


MIMEOGRAPHING AND MULTIGRAPHING. 






















































































DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 


19 


Pi . o & 


o 

3 

3 

5 


p; 


< 3 

,3 co “ 
OfiOl 
3 o o 
W £-C 
P 3 C 

■ H C O 

•3 22 CO 
© 33 
^3 to 

03 A Q, 
6X)“ & 

3«~ O 
© °(n 
^ S i- 
o°o 
fi 2*2 
8£ § 
©Q '-C 

5 g-e 

si® 

S (3 ^ 
a? o a 
ox? a 
2 <5 


ill 8 ! 

33^||»§S 

<«-. ® i-i 3 O ra © 

® "© srCQ ^ M'S 

w 3 .g ® © T 3 •s 
2 I ga | 

« ■*■§ -2.3q 

prtoS?® 


CO 

<X> 

*c 

CO 

a. 

O 


^ ^ pin C 

■"JtM 

sl&S©^ 

g 2 033 2 
*3 a .S 33 +* 5 
° PoP MO" 

+l!jO'H^>l 


~ 03 

c3 ~ C 
Pm H 


- | © 

•S-o'Sg 

"£-S5 


•*= >>.£ 3 
•2 jh cj .2 ’§ 

Qi) n f—t 

PSS^csH-^^cd 
oPbcS sPS® 
g-o S'oSfep, 
Pi 3 © P 3 3 

£2<l—i Xi O dn o O 

■< EH 


rO 

W C/3 
. C -1 > 


T3 

© 

© 


-O 

3 


3 

33 


•o 

33 

3 

3 

© 

C/3 

3 


>> 

s- 

O 


3 

CO 


3 

O 

© 

3 

.3 . . 

OOOOOOOOOOrJOO. 

CCQOQ3QCQO©QQ 


03 

-M 
O'j • 


© 

© 

© 


>©©©©©©©©©©©©©< 

)©OCOOO©OOOOWCC'( 

'^©OXOOOO}'tWHOiOi’t , l 


s 


33 

o 

CO 

=3 

cc 


© g>b2 

tj,g _3 

co 2 ^ 

r-j '3 +j 

M r3 c/3 

cPQ © 

52 ^ 

53 r* 


bC 

3 


23 


3 

o 

o 

K 


c 

33 


3 <3 
3 im 
C co 



•ooooooooooocooo 

!$ , 3’0 , 033'0 , 333-C3 r 0 f 0 r 0 r c r 0'd'0 


® »- 
be © 

2 P 

3 O 
22,0 
© 3 
3~ 

23 

s-i ^ U, 

®3 © 

O co O 


© r; 

3 

3 c/3,3 

•r; beP- 


3 -2h'.S 
3-3 ©'3 
r'l i_i — O 4J +J 3 
O -3 H. cj 3 3 

t jj o ® O C M 

PtJ s+i fl.2 3 


eM 

»i£« 
— - P-P© 
3 Pi be’C >>£§- 

s g.g 


fth - 
53 P -3 

sg 


>>-3 

>?© 3 


c 

-O 

3 


P te _ 

“ & 3 

rsj C-> zr o O 

n Q< r/i ® ^ r! 

CO ^ o CO f « 

’S •§ g ° E 6ii 


'*■' ^ L* 

^ Oo ^ ^ 


b tiC ” > ' 

g “ e, 


5-* rj 

p% 

& 3 

i5 bo 

>.2 

'© 2 

3 ^ 

a 3 

v/z 

2 3 

2p. 

3 W 

- 2 

L £*S. 


OO 

r 'tr 


CJ 


2 M d 3 o 
.,33 

I O b Pa/3 M© o !> 

O ^ O 


K*-i 

o 

pQ 

(h 

. <p 
s bJO 

S© 

CO ^ 
CO 

o> 


00'S 

nr ^ 

b o 
2 ^ 
cc5 


x 

: a? 


S3 © 

be 

s—« ^ 

° P^r? 

ixS^S. 

©•g^-g m 

P< P O O W 

° p ^ £■%'§, . 
fl°2od3^ 
A ® §- w © ^ 

SSu^Oi -3 
Sr ScS O ® 3 
o O o m t-t 
© «t-i Sn 0-3 — 
3 ® © 3-‘-"§7, 

-;|sl»! 

^ 2 M CO CO .y .2 

^ P c3 o3 4J co 

:o P 


C/3 C/3 
C/3 c/3 

3 3 


Pip! 

(i t- 
© © 


k p< 
S o 

3 2 
3 
© o 
P*-3 
° P 
be o 
3J2 

-p rt 1 

rw ^ 

T5 

cc bX) 


0; 


o oaoooo 


a> 

■Hi . -So 

Pi Pi Pi Pi X) Pi p -3 

J—< »—l J—I S-H • O • 

a> a> a> <d • a» c3 • 

- ' :GS : 


a} o 

Pi-3 

Co f~< 

*-« O 

.Sf-3 O w _ 

5 P '3 m O 
•3 3 ■ 

iSi :£ 3 

l^iV • K5 t-i 


be i~ 
3 © 






■3 

3 


3 

a 


© 

CO 


o 

a 


© 

pi 

t- 

3 


1 Devotes only 50 per cent of time to this work. 2 Statutory roll of office. 



















































































20 


MIMEOGRAPHING AND MULTIGRAPH]NG. 


!- 

o. 

c 

<© 

5 


r-C3 

A. 

C 

©. 

m 

*-o Z 4 


s.s 


^ s 

§ o 

s | 

ss ^ 
*<>> 

•4© 

I"* r 

?Ag 
hS -S 

= ©5 

w SS 

o>*c» 
CO CO 
<2 K? 3 

ft tft 

h© 

3 « 

ft§ 

s -2 
| s 
i-S 

’TS ^ 


ho HO 
CO ^ 
O) £*• 

IS 

= fe 


g 

c 

’•*4. 

G 

o 

O 


o 

ft 

W 

Z 

C 

HH 

Eh 

<; 

CO 

£ 

ft 

ft 

*-i 

c 

Q 

ft~ 

£ 

S' 

s 

04 

1—4 

£> 

O’ 

w 

05 

w 

a 

ft 

O 

a 

£ 

< 

CO 

ft 

£ 

hH 

a 

c 

< 

s 

ft 

o 


G 

2 

ft 


G 

G 


2 

© 

fcuo 

C3 

G 

c3 


G 

03 

C 

05 


g 

G 

C3 


O 

£ 

G 

c 


© 

G 


a. 

o 

© 

o 




CO 


© ft © 

2 ® g 
ft © G 

d ft. •©> 

ft CO 


c 

co 


c 

© 

N 

a> 

a • 

00 

o *- 

CO 


as; 


Gft 
0 - 02 


2 3 . 

2 © G 

2 &-2 
H ri-p 


§ 


>C Q O O O 
I - O ‘C ‘O Mti 
f- W (N (N (N 


fl 

o 

Vo¬ 

ce 

3 

.Sf 

*co 

O 

Q 


o w 

S-H Q, 

® ft 
•2 0 
Sp, 

4 © <D 


W3 CO 

G _ 


ft G 


G 

ft 


3 

o-o 
ft ^ G 

OC0 

<M 

<M 


o 

G 


OOOOO 
G G G G G 


ft 
o 

ft 
p< 
cS 
© 

| 

© 

2 ^ 

ft © 


ft 

ft 


ft 


© 

ft 

ft 

Eh 


C © 

£2 
g. © 
o ft 

Oft° 
ft §"ft 

^ 5®feb2 

50 ' w fto ©0 

o (M o © • - 
^ • ^x: S 73 

Q<ft-v c/3 7 : .£ P 

|^lga? 

I I O 

ft "*£ ft "ft ft ft ^ 
© G © 03 © ^ 

© © © G © © 

o o Soo 


« tt 
ft ^ 


G 

© .2 


ft 

G 

ft 


ft 


G 

a 

© 

c 


G 

G 

s 


o 

ft 


ft 


o 

ft 

o 





















































DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 


21 


Mr. Geo. H. Carter, 


Department of Agriculture, 

Division of Publications, 

Washington , March 23, 1920 . 


Cleric, Joint Committee on Printing. 

Dear Mr. Carter: In compliance with your request, I am send¬ 
ing you herewith a list of the personnel and information sheets 
duplicated in this department, and the number of copies duplicated, 
usual number of pages, frequency of issue, etc. 

Very truly, yours, 


Edwy B. Reid, Chief of Division. 


Item 5. —Statement showing number, designation, location, and compensation of employ¬ 
ees engaged in the preparation of informational material prepared by the United States 
Department of Agriculture for the six months ended Dec. 31 , 1919 . ' 


Em¬ 

ploy¬ 

ees. 

Designation. 

Location. 

Compen¬ 
sation per 
annum. 

Fund from which paid, and authority. 

1 

1* 

Assistant in charge.. 

Assistant. 

Washington, D. C... 

S3,000 

2,400 

2 370 

Statutory, Office of the Secretary; appoint¬ 
ment July 15, 1918. 

Any lump, Bureau of Animal Industry; ap¬ 
pointment July 21, 1919. 

Any lump, Bureau of Chemistry; appoint¬ 
ment Jan. 8, 1920. 

Any lump, Federal Horticultural Board; 
appointment Sept. 26, 1919. 

Any lump, Bureau of Animal Industry; 
appointment Feb. 26, 1920. 

Statutory, Office of the Secretary; appoint¬ 
ment Oct. 2,1918. 

Statutory. Office of the Secretary: appoint¬ 
ment Oct. 18, 1919. 

1 

.do. 


1 

.do. 

.do. 

2,340 

2,200 

1,800 

1,800 

1 

.do. 

.do. 

1 

Assistant editor. 

.do. 

1 

.do. 






Item 6. —Statement showing amount of informational material prepared, how produced, 
method of distribution, and kind and weight of paper used during 6-month period ending 
Dec. 31 , 1919 . 


Amount of 
informational 
material. 

Method of 
production. 

Method of 
distribution. 

Kind and weight of paper. 

405,330 copies... 

Copy cut on der- 
matype sten¬ 
cils and run on 
mimeograph. 

To newspapers 
in certain sec¬ 
tions of the 
country where 
the material 
is adaptable. 

\ 

Item 1537, first supplement to General Supply 
Committee schedule; good only until Jan. 31, 
1920: basis No. 20, 16 by 21, cut to 8 by 10-J; 
weight, 4.49 pounds to the ream, 8 by MB; price, 
$0.1275 per pound. Item 1595, second supple¬ 
ment to General Supply Committee schedule: 
basis No. 20,17 by 28, cut to 8£ by 14; weight per 
ream, 8J by 14, 6.36 pounds; price, $0.0997 per 
pound. 











































DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE. 


Department of Commerce, 

Washington , March 11, 1920. 


My Dear Senator: There are forwarded herewith statements 
covering the inquiries contained in your letter of February 20, con¬ 
cerning the extent of the department’s machinery or other equipment 
used in producing printed and typewritten matter (other than corre¬ 
spondence and office records) either by mimeographing, multigraph¬ 
ing, lithographing, or any other method of reproduction, and also 
its publicity service. These statements relate to this class of work 
done in Washington, D. C. A separate report covering similar work, 
if any, in the field service outside of Washington will be submitted 
as soon as the data can be collected. 

The duplicating equipment of this department has proved to be a 
useful, economical, prompt, and legitimate service. No journal, 
magazine, periodical, or other similar publication is reproduced by 
this method in the Department of Commerce. 

Respectfully, 

J. W. Alexander, 
Secretary of Commerce . 

Hon. Reed Smoot, 

Chairman , Joint Committee on Printing. 


Statements by the Department of Commerce in Reply to Inquiry of Joint 
Committee on Printing, Dated February 20, 1920, in Regard to the Extent 
of the Department’s Machinery or Other Equipment Used in Producing 
Printed and Typewritten Matter (Other Than Correspondence and Office 
Records'), Either by Mimeographing, Multigraphing, Lithographing, or 
Any Other Method of Reproduction, and Also Its Publicity Service. 

Item, 1 .—Duplicating equipments are maintained in the Division of Publications, 
Commerce Building, Nineteenth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW.; Bureau of 
the Census annex, Sixth Street and Missouri Avenue NW.; Coast and Geodetic Sur¬ 
vey, New Jersey Avenue, near B Street SE.; and the Bureau of Standards, Pierce 
Mill Road NW.’ A detailed statement covering Item 1 follows: 

DIVISION OF PUBLICATIONS. 

[Authority for purchase: Annual appropriation for “Contingent expenses.”] 


No. 

Kind. 

Total cost. 

How operated and equipped. 

i 4 

Multigraph printers, No. 36. 

$1,631.50 

Electric power, automatic feed, metal type 
(not printer’s), inked ribbons. 

2 

Multigraphs, No. 4. 

590.00 

Hand operated and hand feed, using inked 
ribbons. 

2 5 

Mimeographs, Fdison-Dick, No. 78, 
complete with stand. 

73$ 75 

Electric power, automatic feed, and record¬ 
ing device. 

3 

3 

Typesetters, Flexo. 

Typewriters. L. C. Smith & Bros., No. 
5, rust proof. 

210.00 

195.00 

Hand operated. 


1 One purchased since Mar. 1, 1919. 2 Two purchased since Mar. 1, 1919. 


22 
















DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE. 


23 


BUREAU OF THE CENSUS ANNEX. 

[Authority for purchase: “Expenses, Fourteenth Decennial Census.”] 


No. 

Kind. 

Total cost. 

How operated and equipped. 

13 

Multigraph printers, No. 30. 

$1,070.00 

Electric power, automatic feed, metal type 
(not printer’s), inked ribbons. 

i 2 

Mimeographs, Edison-Dick, No. 78, 
complete with stand. 

300.00 

Electric power, automatic feed, and record¬ 
ing device. 

13 

Typesetters, Flexo. 

300.00 

Hand operated. 


1 Purchased since Mar. 1, 1919. 


COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY. 

[Authority for purchase: “General expenses, Coast and Geodetic Survey.] 


1 I Mimeograph, Edison-Dick, No. 78. 


$75.00 Hand operated, automatic feed. 


BUREAU OF STANDARDS. 


[Authority for purchase: “Equipment, Bureau of Standards.”] 


1 

Duplicator, Commercial, No. 1. 

$85.00 

Not in use. 

1 

Multigraph, Gammeter, No. 02. 

203. 50 

Used for testing typewriter ribbons. 

1 

Mimeograph, Edison-Dick, No. 70. 

Mimeographs, Edison-Dick, No. 78. 

08. 05 

Not in use. 

3 

428.05 

Electric power, automatic feed; only 2 used 
regularly. 


Item, 2. —The statements submitted below concerning Item No. 2 cover one division 
and three bureaus of the department in which there are duplicating equipments and 
are as complete as can be furnished from the data available. No journal, magazine, 
periodical, or other similar publication is reproduced by this equipment in the Depart¬ 
ment of Commerce. 

Division of Publications. —The duplicating equipment of the Division of Publica¬ 
tions is utilized for reproducing copies of letters of instructions to officers and employees 
of the department, amendments to various rules and regulations, items of important 
current trade information to individuals and concerns, statistical summaries for 
immediate use, and other miscellaneous work. Samples are submitted herewith 
(marked “Exhibit A”). and it is believed that they are representative of the class of 
work done by such equipment. The number of copies duplicated of each form varies 
from 100 to 28,000. During the six months ended January 31, 1920, 2,149 different 
forms were duplicated, comprising 5,222 separate sheets (varying in size from 5 by 8 
to 8 by 12£ inches), with an average edition of about 900 copies cf each sheet. The 
cost of this work'during the same period was approximately as follows: Paper stock 
$1,566.43; labor (including $1,200 bonus), $5,730; paper stencils, ink, etc., $1,099.11; 
total, $8,395.54. . 

Bureau of the Census. —The duplicating equipment of this bureau is used for 
reproducing letters of instructions to supervisors of census, cotton ginners, cotton- 
consuming mills, drainage enterprises, local cotton agents throughout the cotton belt, 
and holders of leaf tobacco, and brief summaries for use of Die press. Attached hereto 
are certain samples (marked “Exhibit B”) 1 of the class of work done by the dupli¬ 
cating machinery. The number of copies ranges from 75 to 70,000. Since the organi¬ 
zation of the manifolding section (Oct. 14, 1919), 261 forms were duplicated, com¬ 
prising 368 separate sheets (varying in size from 4 by 5£ to 8^ by 14 inches), with an 
average edition of 2,215 copies. The cost of this work during the same period w’as 
approximately as follows: Paper, $471; labor (including $301.99 bonus), $1,739.71, 
paper stencils, ink, etc., $143; total, $2,353.71. 

Coast and Geodetic Survey.— The duplicating equipment of this bureau is used 
for reproducing copies of circular letters of instructions to officers and employees of 
the bureau, amendments to rules and regulations, coast-pilot notes, and othei mis- 
cellaneous information. Samples of duplicated forms are submitted herewith (marked 
1 ‘ Exhibit C ”), ! exemplifying the class of work done by this equipment . The number 
of copies duplicated of each form varies from 50 to 1,350. During the six months 
ended January 31, 1920, approximately 50 different forms were duplicated, comprising 
36,000 sheets The cost of this work during the same period was as follows: Paper 
stock, size 8 by 10£ inches, $36; labor, $36.50; ink, $3.45; stencil paper, $24.30; 
total, $100.25. 


























24 


MIMEOGRAPHING AND MULTIGRAPHING. 


Bureau of Standards .—The duplicating equipment of this bureau is used to 
reproduce letters, temporary forms, drafts of proposed codes, and specifications for 
comment and correction. (See “Exhibit D.“) The number of copies varies from 
30 to 2,000. The sizes of the forms vary from 3 by 5 inch cards to 8 by 10$ inch paper. 
Since the work is relatively small, no special separate record is kept of the cost of 
paper, etc., for this work. "An office apprentice (salary, $480 plus bonus) gives about 
half of his time to operating one mimeograph machine, the second machine requiring 
about three-quarters of the time of an office apprentice (salary $600, plus bonus). 
The work is supervised a few minutes a day by a clerk (salary $1,800, plus bonus). 
The Gammeter multigraph is a laboratory apparatus used for testing typewriter ribbons 
for the various Government departments. 

Item 3 .—With the exception of two folding machines and one sealing machine in 
the Bureau of the Census annex, Sixth Street and Missouri Avenue N\V., and an old 
addressing machine (not now in use) in the Co&st and Geodetic Survey, the depart¬ 
ment’s addressing, folding, and mailing equipment is in the Division of Publications. 
The information requested under Item 3 is as follows: 

DIVISION OF PUBLICATIONS. 

[Authority for purchase: Annual appropriation for “Contingent expenses.”] 


No. 

Kind. 

Total cost. 

5 

Folding machines, Universal, No. 17. 

$1,531.00 
300.00 

2 

Sealing machines, Mailometer. 

3 

Graphotypes, Uplo (for cutting address plates). 

1,200.00 

2 

Adaressographs, automatic, No. 3. 

1,300.00 

2 

Addressographs, Model B, semiautomatic.... 

345.00 

1 

Addressograph, Model 3 

45.00 



Total. 

4, 721.00 




BUREAU OF THE CENSUS. 

[Authority for purchase: “ Expenses, Fourteenth Decennial Census.”] 


2 

Folding machines, No. 17. 

$630.00 

1 

Sealing machines, Multipost. 

110.32 




Total...'... 

740.32 




COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY. 

[Authority for purchase: “General expenses, Coast and Geodetic Survey.”] 


1 

Addressograph (not now in use).*... 

$145.00 





Item 4 .—In reply to this inquiry, there are submitted statements from the Division 
of Publications, the Bureau of the Census, the Coast and Geodetic Survey, and the 
Bureau of Standards, as follows: 


DIVISION OF PUBLICATIONS. 


No. 

Designation. 

Annual 

compen¬ 

sation. 

Fund from which paid. 

1 

Clerk.. 

$1,400 

Salaries, Office of the Secretary of Commerce 
(legislative, executive, and judicial appro¬ 
priation acts). 

1 

Clerk (qualified as addressograph operator). 

1,400 

Do. 

2 

Clerks.each.. 

1,200 

Do. 

1 

Clerk. 

1,000 

Do. 

1 

Clerk. 

900 

Do. 

1 

Skilled laborer. 

900 

Do. 

2 

Assistant messengers.each.. 

720 

Do. 

2 

Laborers.each.. 

660 

Do. 
















































DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE. 


25 


BUREAU OF THE CENSUS ANNEX. 


No. 

Designation. 


Annual 

compen¬ 

sation. 

Fund from which paid. 

1 

Clerk. 


SI,680 
1,080 
900 
720 

Expenses, Fourteenth Decennial Census. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

3 

1 

Clerks. 

Clerk. 


1 

Skilled laborer. 






(’OAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY. 


The amount of labor involved in the operation and supervision of such equipment 
in this bureau is so small that data in regard to this item could hardly be of use to 
the committee. 

BUREAU OP STANDARDS. 

The Bureau of Standards has no addressing, folding, or mailing machinery. The 
number of persons employed in the operation and supervision of the machines and 
equipment reported under paragraph No. 1 and their designation and compensation 
follow: An office apprentice (salary $480. plus bonus) gives about half of his time to 
operating one mimeograph machine, the second machine requiring about three- 
quarters of the time of an office apprentice (salary $000, plus bonus). The work is 
supervised a few minutes a day by a clerk (salary $1,800, plus bonus). These salaries 
are paid from appropriations as follows: Office apprentice, salary $480, “Salaries, 
Bureau of Standards office apprentice, salary $600, “Gauge standardization, Bureau 
of Standards”; clerk, salary $1,800, “Clay products, Bureau of Standards.” 

Item o.—The department has no report to submit in reply to Item 5, other than the 
statements made in answer to Item 6. 

Item 6 .—Brief statements of trade and census statistics and other important data of 
interest or value to the public are sent out on classified mailing lists. These announce¬ 
ments are usually prepared by the employee in charge of the section where the informa¬ 
tion is available, and the preparation of each probably does not require more than an 
hour or two. Book paper, 50 pounds to a ream,. 25 by 38 inches and costing 74 cents 
a pound, is used in duplicating these notices. Figures are not available as to Ibe 
amount of paper necessary for this purpose, but only a >mall .amount is required. 
Certain publicity and press matter prepared and issued by the Bureau of the Census 
was in the line of instructions to supervisors and brief press notices advising the date 
of the census, its importance, and inquiries which were required to be answered. 
This matter was deemed necessary in order to avoid confusion and prepare the public 
in advarrce so that they would be able to more intelligently answer the inquiries. 
As the data for the different cities are completed, they are now issued at intervals 
in the form of press notices. 

















DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. 


Department of the Interior, 

Washington , March 13, 1920. 

Hon. Reed Smoot, 

Chairman , Joint Committee on Printing. 

My Dear Senator: Your letter of the 20th instant has been 
received. In reply you are informed that the bureaus of this depart¬ 
ment have been requested to furnish a statement in compliance 
therewith. . . 

Statements showing publicity matter and other printing by 
mimeograph, multigraph, or other process by the Secretary's Office, 
Bureau of Mines, General Land Office, Office of Indian Affairs, 
United States Geological Survey, United States Reclamation Serv- 
Bureau of Education, Pension Office, Patent Office, St. Eliza- 


lce, 


United 


will be 


beths Hospital, Freedmen’s Hospital, and Superintendent, 

States Capitol and Grounds are inclosed herewith. 

A similar report for the field service of this department 
furnished to you prior to April 15. 

There is herewith inclosed for your information a copy of a circular 
issued by the department to all bureaus and offices in relation to 
observation of economy in use of paper. 

Cordially, vours, 

E. J. Ayers, Chief Cleric. 


[Circular.] 

Department of the Interior, 

Washington , March 9 , 1920. 

To heads of bureaus and offices, chiefs of divisions, and Secretary's office, Department of 
the Interior. 

The Joint Committee on Printing of Congress has called attention to the increasing 
shortage of paper and to the fact that the Government Printing Office may soon be 
without sufficient paper to print such publications as may be absolutely necessary, 
and has suggested the advisability of reducing the amount of paper used in publica¬ 
tion and other work. 

It is desirable that the utmost economy in the use of paper be exercised throughout 
all branches of the Interior Department' and in order to effect this no requisition for 
printing, mimeographing, or multigraphing should be made unless the work is abso¬ 
lutely essential to the transaction of the business of the department : and in those cases 
where the printing is necessary, the number of copies to be printed, mimeographed, 
or multigraphed should be reduced to the low r est possible number. 

Alexander T. Vogelsang, 

Acting Secretary. 


26 




DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR. 


27 


CAPITOL BUILDING AND GROUNDS. 

Office of Superintendent, 

Capitol Building and Grounds, 

Washington , D. C., March 2, 1920. 

Mr. E. J. Ayers, 

Chief Clerk , Department of the Interior. 

Dear Sir: In answer to your recent letter attached to the circular 
letter from the chairman of the Joint Committee on Printing, I beg 
to state that this office has in use one Edison rotary mimeograph, 
No. 77, which is used for the printing of specifications in relation to 
work to be performed under the direction of this office, and that its 
use is necessary for the work referred to, and that I am unable to 
suggest that the discontinuance of its use would result in any saving 
to the Government, or that any of the publications of this office can 
be temporarily suspended. 

Very respectfully, 

Elliott Woods, 

Superintendent , United States Capitol Building and Grounds. 


BUREAU OF EDUCATION. 

Department of the Interior, 

Washington , March If 1920. 

Dear Mr. Ayers: Complying with your request of February 25, 
Ifam handing you herewith report in duplicate of the information 
requested in letter of the Joint Committee on Printing of February 20, 
1920. 

The bureau has no work of this kind done in the field service 
outside of Washington. 

Sincerely, yours, 

J. F. Abel, Chief Clerk. 

Mr. E. J. Ayers, 

Chief Clerk , Department of the Interior. 


Item 1: 


Num¬ 

ber. 

Kind. 

Location. 

Cost. 

1 

Multigraph (36-C8263-9041).. 

Room 118. 

$225 

1 

Mimeograph (78-10285). 

.. .do. 

145 

1 

Mimeograph (78-9815). 

...do. 

145 

1 

Mimeograph (78-10096). 

. ..do. 

145 

1 

Mimeograph (78-9696). 

Room 102. 

105 

1 

Mimeograph (78-4086). 

. ..do. 

145 

1 

Mimeograph (78-13097). 

.. .do. 

145 

1 

Hooven automatic type¬ 
writer (1105520). 

Room 118. 

775 


Other information. 


Motor driven; metal type, set by hand; self¬ 
feeding. 

Motor driven; self-feeding. 

Do. 

Do. 

Motor driven; self-feeding. (Purchased July 19, 
1919, under statute providing for national 
security and defense.) 

Motor driven; self-feeding. 

Do. 

Motor driven. 


Item 2 .—The work done by this equipment is divided into three classes: (1) Letters. 
(2) questionnaires, (3) leaflets. There is an approximate monthly output of 400,(H 
sheets. Of this amount about 160,000 are letters, 120,000 questionnaires, and 120,000 

leaflets. This paper costs about $500 per month 

Samples of the various kinds of work are attached herewith. 



















28 


MIMEOGRAPHING AND MULTIGRAPHING. 


Item 3: 


Num¬ 

ber. 

Kind. 

| Location. 

Cost. 

Other information. 

1 

Addressograph (a 3-354 B). 

Room 102. 

.1900 

Motor driven: self-feeding. 

1 

Addressograph (B 6583). 

...do. 

175" 

Do. 

1 

Addressograph fa 3-314). 

Room 118. 

900 

Do. 

1 

Addressograph (B 220W). 

Room 102. 

300 

Do. 

1 

Mailometer (410). 

Room 118. 

250 

Motor driven. 

1 

Mailometer (423).| 

Room 102. 

250 

Do. 

1 

Mailometer (284)..'. 

...do. 

200 

Do. 

1 

Universal folding machine (17-1683).1 

Room 118. 

310 

Motor driven; self-feeding. 

1 

Universal folding machine (17-1635). 

Room 102. 

310 

Do. 


Item 4: 


Name. 

Designation. 

Location. 

Compen¬ 

sation. 

Fund. 

John R. Hendley. 

Edward T. Dver. 

Joseph H. Richardson.. 

Addressograph operator. 

Skilled laborer... 

.do.j 

Room 102. 

...do. 

.. .do. 

•11,200 

840 

720 

1,000 
i 60 
1.400 

Investigation of city school 
administration. 

Salaries. 

Rural and industrial educa¬ 
tion. 

School and home gardening. 
Do. 

Do. 

Percival W. Webster... 

Jesse C. Anderson. 

Miss Birdie B. Hill. 

Clerk. 

Minor clerk.j 

Clerk class 2. 

Room 118. 

/..do. 

.. .do. 


1 Per month. 


Item 5 .—Miss Helen Fitz Randolph, specialist in the School Garden Army, room 
118, $250 per month. Appointment authorized by statute making appropriation 
for “Investigation of school and home gardening.” 

Item 6 .—News bulletins in the form of broadsides, containing from 15 to 30 articles, 
were issued twice a month and sent to newspapers. The distribution of these bulletins 
was restricted to daily papers in towns of over 3,000 population and weekly papers 
in towns of under 3,000 population. The average number of copies printed of each 
broadside was 2,500. Associated Press dispatches were filed as news material justi¬ 
fied it, and special articles written for newspapers and magazines upon their request. 
Articles were also given to the United Press Association. News developments in 
regard to School Garden Army were supplied in form of mimeographed dispatches. 
Garden plays were provided in .mimeographed form to newspapers, each edition con¬ 
taining approximately 2,500 mimeographed sheets. Articles, accompanied by photo¬ 
graphs, have been prepared for some of the leading magazines. Twelve home-read¬ 
ing courses were issued in the form of newspaper broadsides and sent to 3,000 daily 
papers and magazines, together with news story. Seven articles on home economics 
were prepared and sent out in form of newspaper broadsides. This broadside also 
contained six articles on kindergarten topics and statistical information compiled by 
the bureau, and was sent to 2,500 daily papers. (Samples of broadsides attached 
herewith. 1 ) 

In connection with the publication of School Life, and education journal distrib¬ 
uted to school officials throughout the United States and carrying such material 
formerly put out in mimeographed circulars, mimeographed summaries of some of 
the articles (not exceeding two pages in length) are sent to a list of 3,000 newspapers 
and periodicals and to Washington correspondents, the idea being to furnish to the 
press such items as are of general interest. Twelve such articles have been issued in 
the past six months. The employee in charge of this work is W. Carson Ryan, jr., 
specialist in industrial education and vocational guidance. The issuance of these 
press letters involves only a small fraction of this employee’s time, since the material 
has already been prepared for use in School life. (Samples are attached.) 

The paper used is of medium grade and weighs 4£ pounds to the ream. 















































DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR. 


29 


freedmen’s hospital. 

Department of the Interior, 

Washington, D. C., March 1, 1920. 

Mr. E. J. Ayers, 

Acting Assistant Secretary, Department of the Interior. 

Sir: In compliance with the request in your letter of February 25, 
there is inclosed herewith report, in duplicate, of mimeograph and 
similar machinery in the Freedmen’s Hospital. 

Item 1 .—One Edison rotary mimeograph, No. 77, model 1914, purchased December 
10, 1914; price, $60. Operated by hand; is not equipped with self-feeders or auto¬ 
matic ink roller. 

Item 2. —Notices to physicians, orders to employees, forms, etc. Approximately 
50 copies of each, costing not more than 60 cents. 

Item 3 .—No addressing, folding, or mailing machinery. 

Item 4 ■—This work averaging less than two hours per month, is performed by the 
typist, employed balance of time in the typewriting, stenographic, and clerical work 
of the hospital, whose designation is assistant clerk, Freedmen’s Hospital, $700 per 
annum, paid from sundry civil appropriation. 

Item 5 .—No one in hospital engaged gathering, writing, or editing publicity or press 
matter. 

Item 6 .—No publicity or press matter prepared in hospital. 

There is also inclosed herewith samples of the work done, as 
requested under Item 2. 

Very respectfully, 

- -, Surgeon in Chief. 


GEOLOGICAL survey. 


Department of the Interior, 

Washington, D. C., March 10, 1920. 

Mr. E. J. Ayers, 

Acting Assistant Secretary. 

My Dear Mr. Ayers: In response to your letter of February 25 
inclosing a circular letter from Hon. Reed Smoot, chairman Joint 
Committee on Printing; subject, mimeograph, multigraph, and other 
printing devices: 


Item 1: Cost. 

1 multigraph by motor and equipped with printer’s ink attachment and self- 

feeder. $475 

The use of this machine for production of matter other than correspond¬ 
ence and records is incidental. 

1 multigraph, metal type on drum, set by semiautomatic devices. 250 

The use of this machine for production of matter other than correspond¬ 
ence and records is incidental. 

2 mimeographs, automatic feed, motor operated. 280 

The use of these mimeographs for production of matter other than corre¬ 
spondence and records is incidental. 


Item 2 —Publicity material, mimeograph only, approximately 120,000 copies semi¬ 
annually. Sample herewith. Estimated cost, labor, paper, etc., $975. 

List of publications, Geological Survey, usually issued monthly, 80,000 copies semi¬ 
annually. Sample herewith. Estimated cost, labor, paper, etc., $700. 

No magazine or other publications of an office journal type are issued by the Geo¬ 
logical Survey. 







30 


MIMEOGRAPHING AND MULTIGRAPHING. 


Item 3: 

3 graphotypes. 

1 A3 addressographs. 

4 F-l addressographs. 

1 folder. 

1 sealer. 

1 sealer (purchased since Mar. 1, 1919) 
250,000 addressograph plates. 


Cost. 
$1, 350 
800 
700 
375 
95 
150 
5, 750 


One A3 addressograph, one FI addressograph and one folder were secured by 
transfer from Fuel-Administration under authority of Executive Order, dated July 29, 
1919. The other material was purchased from “Contingent Fund, Interior Depart¬ 
ment.” . • • . ' . 

These machines are used almost exclusively in connection with the gathering and 
compilation of statistical material, required by law in the preparation of “Mineral 
Resources of the United States’’ and in the preparation of pay rolls for Interior 
Department. 

Item 4- —Appropriation: United States Geological Survey. 



Salary. 

Total. 

1 senior clerk...- . 

$1,800 

$1,800 

2 junior clerks. - . 

1,320 

2,640 

1 addressograph mechanician . 

1,380 

1,380 

1 addressograph plate cutter . 

1,020 

1,020 


1,140 

1,140 

840 

1 skilled laborer. 

840 

2 slnllprl ln.bnrp.rs . 

900 

1,800 

1 multi°raph operator . 

1,140 

1,140 

5 assistant map printers . 

720 

3,600 

1 assistant map printer . 

900 

900 


840 

840 

2 messenger girls . -. 

600 

1,200 




Employed in Interior Building. 

Item 5 .—Preparation of publicity matter in most cases is entirely incidental to the 
work of the specialist concerned; for example, the field geologist who handles iron 
ore will prepare one or two press statements during the year on his particular subject. 
No person is employed on the preparation or editing of any publicity matter except 
as purely incidental to his regular work. About January 1 of each year the Geological 
Survey issues brief annual summaries covering the production during the calendar 
year of the 15 or more most important minerals. 

The number of people contributing to Item 5 is from 60 to 75, measured largely by 
the number of Geological Survey scientific specialists, each contributing one or two 
items during the year on his own specialty. 

Item 6 .—Printed Press Bulletins, 230,000 copies semiannually, 28-pound M. F. news, 
24 by 32, total weight of paper, approximately 6,500 pounds. 

Mimeograph matter, 120,000 copies, writing paper, white, wove (Item 1537, General 
Schedule of Supplies), approximate weight of paper 4,200 pounds. 

The Geological Survey has no report to make on any of the above 
items covering its field offices. This report, however, includes in 
large measure, the result of field work. 

Cordially yours, 

Geo. Otis Smith, Director. 


OFFICE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. 

Department of the Interior, 

Washington , March 2 * 1920. 

My Dear Mr. Ayers: In compliance with your request of Febru¬ 
ary 25, 1920, the following report is made: 

Item 1 .—The following is the only reproducing machine used in this office: 

1 photostat machine, No. 1, Commercial Camera Co., motor drive, cost 


$600 




































DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR. 


31 


Item 2 .—AIR the mimeographing, multigraphing, and lithographing is done by the 
department, and this office has kept no record of quantities and cost. All the corre¬ 
spondence is typewritten. The photostat machine is used in reproducing office 
records. About 32,000 copies are made in one year. Cost of paper about $1,000. 

Item 8 .— 

1 envelope sealer, Standard, model H, Cutler-Dickie Co., motor drive, used 

entirely in the distribution of office mail... 

1 Addressograph Co. machine, Chicago, model B-16971, duplicator and re¬ 
peater, motor drive, used entirely in the preparation of office mail. 

Item 4 .—One man is employed on the photostat machine, at $1,200 per annum. 
Item 5.-7 -No publicity writing is done by this office. 

Very truly, yours, 

C. F. Hauke, Chief Clerk . 

Mr. E. J. Ayers, 

Chief Clerk of Interior Department. 


$111.37 


GENERAL LAND OFFICE. 

Department of the Interior, 

Washington, February 26, 1920. 

Mr. E. J. Ayers, 

Chief Clerk, Department of the Interior. 

Dear Mr. Ayers: I have your communication of February 25 re¬ 
questing that I furnish, in duplicate, the information asked for in 
letter of the Joint Committee on Printing, of February 20, copy 
transmitted, and to make a separate report, in duplicate, covering 
and field service outside of Washington, as early as practicable. 

It appears from the letter of the Joint Committee on Printing that 
in its investigation it has ascertained that mimeograph, multigraph, 
any other devices are now being used by the various Government 
departments and services in the publication of vast quantities of 
publicity matter and printing, instead of having the same printed by 
the Government Printing Office or other printing plants. The com¬ 
mittee desires to know the number, kind, location, and cost of all 
machinery or other equipment used in this class of work* also the 
number, kind, location, and cost of all addressing, folding, and mail¬ 
ing machinery and other equipment used for the distribution of matter 
reported on; the number of persons employed in the operation and 
supervision of the machines arid equipment; the number, designa¬ 
tion, location, and compensation of all persons engaged either all or 
part of their time in gathering, writing, or editing publicity or press 
matter, from what fund paid and by what authority; the quantity 
of publicity and press matter prepared and issued by persons included 
under the preceding paragraph, how produced, and how distributed; 
also, if possible, the approximate kind and weight of paper used in the 
publication of such matter during the last six months. 

In reply I have to report that this office does not have machinery 
of any kind for the mimeographing, multigraphing, or duplicating of 
pamphlets, circulars, or publications. This work when required is 
done through the Division of Publications of the department. As 
a general rule we only have a few hundred copies of any regulations 





32 


MIMEOGRAPHING AND MULTIGRAPHING. 


or circulars of instructions run off on the multigraph or mimeograph 
machine, and when they are required in larger quantities the number 
hardly ever exceeds two or three thousand copies. These circulars 
and regulations are used by the office force and also for the guidance 
of field officers in general. They are distributed by the messengers 
of this office. Samples herewith. 

We do, however, issue the Land Service Bulletin, a monthly 
publication, 475 copies being run off by the Division of Publications 
of the department from their machine. This bulletin is edited 
by a member of the board of law review, who devotes only a small 
part of his time to this work. His compensation is $2,500 per annum, 
payable from the appropriation for protecting public lands, timber, 
etc., under authority of the commissioner. 

With reference to this bulletin, it is earnestly submitted that its 
cost in paper, editing, and mimeographing is in no way comparable 
to the value of the information it affords to all officials and super¬ 
visory personnel in the public land service. 1 ts chief purpose is to 
furnish early and definite knowledge of all important public land 
actions and activities. Sample copy herewith. 

As to what, if any, duplicating machines we have in the field, a 
separate report will be submitted. 

Very respectfully, 

-, Chief Cleric. 


BUREAU OF MINES. 

Department of the Interior, 
Washington, D. C., March 8, 1920. 

Mr. E. J. Ayers, 

Chief Cleric, Department of the Interior. 

My Dear Mr. Ayers: With reference to your letter of February 
25, with which you transmitted a letter from Hon. Reed Smoot, 
chairman of the Joint Committee on Printing, dated February 20, 
1920, asking for a report of the multigrapbs, mimeographs, and other 
devices used in the various departments of the Government: 

I transmit to you herewith, in duplicate, a report showing the 
number of multigraphs, mimeographs, and other devices used in 
the Washington office of the Bureau of Mines, the number of em¬ 
ployees engaged on such work, together with a statement explaining 
in detail the character and class of work performed and the authority 
conferred on the bureau for disseminating such information. The 
report with respect to the multigraphs, mimeographs, other devices, 
and work performed at the various field stations of the Bureau of 
Mines will be transmitted at a later date and before April 15. 

Very truly, yours, 


Director. 





DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR 


33 


Item 1: 


Num¬ 

ber. 

Kind. 

Location. 

Cost. 

Power- 

driven. 

Hand- 

driven. 

Self- 

feed¬ 

ing. 

Auto¬ 

matic 

ink 

rollrs. 

Metal 

type. 

Method of 
typesetting. 

1 

Multigraph L. 

Room G-130, 
Interior De¬ 
partment. 

$800.00 

Yes... 

No.... 

Yes... 

Yes... 

Yes... 

Flexotype set¬ 
ter and by 
hand. 

1 

.do. 

.do. 

560.00 

Yes... 

No.... 

Yes... 

No.... 

Yes... 

Do. 

3 

No. 78 mime¬ 
ograph. 

.do. 

394.70 

Yes... 

No.... 

Yes... 

No.... 

No.... 

None (stencil). 

1 

No. 80 mime¬ 
ograph. 

.do. 

110.00 

No.... 

Yes... 

No.... 

No.... 

No.... 

Do. 


1 Purchased since Mar. 1, 1919, under authority of the organic act establishing the Bureau of Minas, ap¬ 
proved Feb. 25, 1913. 

“ * * * to disseminate information concerning these subjects in such manner as will best carry out 
the purposes of this act.” 

Item 2: 

MIMEOGRAPH. 




Paper. 

Total 
cost, 
labor, 
paper, 
ink, etc. 



Class. 

Copies. 

Reams. 

Cost. 

Sample. 

Remarks. 

Report. 

650 

70 

$35.70 

$74.00 

Exhibit A... 

Issued monthly. 

Bibliography.. 

800 

48 

24.48 

45.90 

Exhibit B... 

Do. 

Record. 

550 

42 

21.42 

42.10 

Exhibit C-l, 
Exhibit 
C-2. 

Do. 

Report. 

100 

3 

1.53 

11.15 

Exhibit D... 

Similar reports only issued occasion¬ 
ally. 

Notices. 

100 

1 

T 

.11 

1.75 

Exhibit E... 

Similar notices issued to technical 
papers on an average 4 times a month. 
Similar notices issued on an average 
twice monthly . 

Circulars. 

200 

3 

1.53 

4.75 

Exhibit F... 

Tables. 

650 

2f 

1.40 

2.50 

Exhibit G... 

Issued monthly. 

Form. 

1,000 

2 

1.02 

2.00 

Exhibit H.. 

Similar forms issued on an average 
once monthly. 


MULTIGRAPH. 


Office order... 

200 

a 

T 

0) 

$0.50 

Exhibit 1... 

Similar orders issued on an average 3 
times a month. 

Imprints. 

1,000 


0) 

.45 

Exhibit 2... 

Similar jobs only performed occasion¬ 
ally about 5 times a year. 

Postal cards... 

500 


( l ) 

.40 

Exhibit 3... 

Similar post-card notices issued in 
emergencies averaging not more than 
once a month. 

Form letter... 

300 


0) 

1.00-1.25 

Exhibits 4 
and 5. 

Various kinds of form letters, an aver¬ 
age of 6 a month. 

Circular. 

200 


0) 

.55 

Exhibit 6... 

Similar circulars issued about 3 times a 
month. 

Cover. 

1.000 

2 

$6.60 

7.25 

Exhibit 7... 

Printed on an average 6 times a year. 

Form. 

1,000 

2 

1.50 

2.50 

Exhibit 8... 

Similar forms issued about once a 
month. 

Slips. 

1,000 

i 

.40 

1.25 

Exhibit 9. .. 

Similar forms issued on an average of 
once a month. 


1 Price of stationery not included; Government Printing Office stock used. 


172219—20-3 























































34 


MIMEOGRAPHING AND MULTIGRAPHING. 


Item 8: 


Number. 

Kind. 

Location. 

Cost. 

1 

Belknap addressing machine, model 3. 

Room. 

G-124 

$125 

1 

Graphotype for cutting metal address plates (G-2). 

G-126 

450* 

1 

Graphotvpe for cutting metal address plates, model G-2. 

G-126 1 

45(1 

1 

Addressograph automatic, model A3 . 

G-124 

1,59(1 

1 

Addressograph, model F-i. 

G-124 | 

450 

1 

Sealing machine, multipost. 

G-128 

85 

1 

Stitching machine. 

G-126 ; 

277 

1 

Punching machine... 

G-130 i 

110 

1 

Cutting machine. 

G-130 ! 

90- 




AUTHORITY. 

Organic act of the Bureau of Mines, approved February 25, 1913, section 2: “That ; 
it shall be the province and duty of the Bureau of Mines, subject to the approval of 
the Secretary of the Interior, to conduct inquiries and scientific and technologic j 
investigations concerning mining, and the preparation, treatment, and utilization of 
mineral substances with a view to improving health conditions, and increasing safety, : 
efficiency, economic development, and conserving resources through the prevention j 
of waste in the lining, quarrying, metallurgical, and other mineral industries; to inquire I 
into the economic conditions affecting these industries; to investigate explosives and i 
peat; and on behalf of the Government to investigate the mineral fuels and unfinished | 
mineral products belonging to, or for the use of, the United States, with a view to 
their most efficient mining, preparation, treatment, and use; and to disseminate I 
information concerning these subjects in such manner as will best carry out the I 
purpose of this act.” 

Different appropriations for contingent expenses of the Department of the Interior, j 
“* * * filing and labor saving devices * * carried each year in the acts 1 

making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the 
Government. 

Enforcement of the act to regulate explosives, approved October G, 1917: 

“* * * and for every other expense incident to the enforcement of this act. 

* * * >> 

Item 4— Number of persons employed in the operation and supervision of the 
machines and equipment reported on under paragraphs Nos. 1 and 3. 


Num¬ 

ber. 

Designation. 

Location. 

Compen¬ 

sation. 

Appropriation. 

1 

1 

Clerk. 

Multigraph operator... 

Room G-132, Interior 
Department. 

$1,560 

1,320 

1,100 

1,020 

960 

780 

540 

General expenses (sundry civil act). 

Adjustment and payment of mineral j 
claims (minerals relief act). 

Do. 

Mineral mining investigations (sundry 
civil act). 

Testing fuels investigations (sundry 
civil act.). ' j 

Mine accidents investigations (sundry 
civil act). 

Government fuel yards (sundry civil 
act). 

1 

Under clerk. 

.do. 

1 

1 

1 

1 

Addressograph oper¬ 
ator. 

Mimeograph operator.. 

Addressograph oper¬ 
ator. 

Messenger... 

Room G-126, Interior 
Department. 

Room G-130, Interior 
Department. 

Room G-134, Interior 
Department. 




7 



7,280 



In answer to paragraphs 5 and 6, in reference to publicity, the Bureau of Mines 
wishes to make this general statement on the subject: 

Item 5.—The Bureau of Mines is charged by Congress with conducting inquiries 
and scientific and technologic investigations concerning mining, and the preparation 
treatment, and utilization of mineral substances with a view to improving health 
conditions and increasing safety, efficiency, economic development, and conserving 
resources through the prevention of waste in the mining, quarrying, metallurgical 
and other mineral industries, and to “disseminate information concerning lliese 
subjects m such manner as will best carry out the purposes of this act.” ° 



































DEPARTMENT OP INTERIOR. 


35 


Carrying out this duty imposed by Congress the Bureau has carried on through 
the mining press and the daily press in mining communities a propaganda seeking 
to decrease the death rate in American mines. As a result of this propaganda giving 
the recommendation of the Bureau of Mines the death rate in American mining has 
been considerably reduced. From the best statistics available, these efforts have 
resulted in a saving of more than 5,000 lives of miners since the organization of the 
bureau. These figures are based upon the assumption that, had the death rate that 
prevailed in American mines for 10 years previous to the organization of the bureau 
been continued during the last 10 years that the bureau has been engaged in this 
work 5,000 more miners would have been killed. This is a conservative statement, 
because all of the indications are that the death rate would have gone even higher 
had not this Federal effort been made. 

The Bureau of Mines follows out this same procedure in economic matters con¬ 
nected with its work. More than a year ago it showed that certain of its employees, 
by urging the cementing of oil wells in the north Cushing fields of Oklahoma, had 
succeeded in increasing the production of oil from 50 wells more than 2,000 barrels 
a day. It was also shown that this was adding $4,500 a day to the operators’ gross 
income and that if the increased oil yield continued for one year there would be an 
addition of more than three quarters of a million barrels of oil and $1,640,000 more 
in the pockets of the operators. This statement, widely heralded among the oil men, 
has resulted in a quite general adoption of this practice and an increased yield of oil 
whose value is difficult to calculate. 

The Bureau of Mines, in carrying on such propaganda or publicity work, feels that 
it has been discharging in the most practical possible manner the duty imposed 
upon it by Congress to “disseminate information concerning these subjects in such 
manner as will best carry out the purpose of this act.” 

There is no one person engaged upon this work. Members of the bureau employed 
to conduct certain investigations and paid from the appropriations for the work of 
the bureau carried in the sundry civil act, whenever their work is completed usually 
write a brief statement for the technical press, with the purpose of acquainting the 
industry in a general way and "without, delay with what has been accomplished. This 
is thought by the bureau especially desirable because of the amount of time (often 
months) before the results of the investigations can come from the Public Printer. 
Oftentimes when the results are expressed in practicable recommendations looking 
to the saving of life, as they frequently do in the mining investigations, the desira¬ 
bility of prompt dissemination of information is doubly apparent. 

Item 6 — Practically all of the bureau’s so-called publicity goes to the technical 
or mining press. In order to simplify this work the bureau issues (a copy going to the 
Joint Committee on Printing) a monthly report on mineral investigations, which not 
only supplies the needs of the mining press, but also serves the need by the bureau 
for data in accurate, up-to-date, available form for sending to persons writing to the 
bureau for information on these subjects. These statements obviate the writing of 
many letters and save clerical expense. At the same time they give mining men a 
service that is valuable and prompt. 

Occasionallv, perhaps a half dozen times a year, the bureau has some information 
that is of important interest to the general public. Such statements are either put 
into form by the bureau for sending to the newspapers, or the newspaper men call 
at the bureau and interview the engineers or chemists whose work has produced this 
information of interest to the general public. 


UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. 

Department of the Interior, 

Washington, D. C., March 9, 1920. 

Mr. E. J. Ayers, 

Acting Assistant Secretary , Interior Department. 

Sir: Replying to your letter of February 25, 1920, asking for a 
report giving information requested in the letter of I ebruary 20, 1920, 
by the chairman of the Joint Committee on Printing, you are advised 
as follows concerning the Patent Office. 

Respectfully, M H , Coulsto^ 

Assistant Commissioner. 



36 


MIMEOGRAPHING AND MULTIGRAPHING. 


Item 1 . —One hand-operated multigraph machine having automatic inking ribbon 


mechanism. Metal type set by hand is used. 

Item 2: Iu 6 months * 

Office blanks, Exhibits A and B. 79, 000 

Notices and orders to employees, Exhibits C and D. 4, 291 

Circulars, Exhibits E and F. 8, 900 

No journals, magazines, periodicals, or similar publications are produced on this 
machine. 

During the past six months the cost of operating this machine has been: 

Paper. $110.25 

Labor. 210.00 

Multigraph supplies... 27. 50 

Repair of machine.. .. 50.00 


497.75 

Item 3. —None. 

Item 4. —(a) One boy, working about one-half his time on the multigraph; (6) exami- 
iner’s aid; (c) room 218, U. S. Patent Office; ( d) $720 per annum, including the bonus; 
(e) legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation bill. 

Item 5 . —It is not known that any employee has given an appreciable amount of his 
official time to work of this character. The following statement, is, however, made as 
a matter of information: 

In the spring of 1918 a number of lectures or articles on the rules of practice, the 
patent statutes, and decisions of the courts in patent cases were prepared and deliv¬ 
ered by way of instruction before a considerable number of the new employees of the 
examining corps. A demand arose for copies of these lectures in printed form for 
study and reference purposes, and this led to the foundation of the Journal of the Patent 
Office Society, in which these lectures subsequently appeared, and are still appearing. 

Twenty-four of the older employees of the office took part in the work of compiling 
these lectures. These persons were at the time all employed at the Patent Office and 
their employment was authorized by and they were paid under the terms of the legis¬ 
lative, executive, and judicial bill for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1918. 

Articles on other subjects and various announcements have appeared in different 
numbers of the Journal of the Patent Office Society. Some of these articles have 
been contributed by employees and some by patent attorneys. Their production, 
s > far as is kn own, has been on the authors’ own time, and no authority has been given 
for the use of official time for that purpose. It is not known how many different per¬ 
sons have contributed to the Journal of the Patent Office Society, which is supposed 
to be outside the intended scope of the inquiry. 

In addition the Patent Office Society has printed and distributed by paid postage 
to persons and corporations known to be interested in and whose interests are affected 
by the administration and execution of the statutes on which the patent system is 
based information dealing with proposed remedial legislation. The purpose of this 
action has been to acquaint the said persons and corporations with proposals made and 
actions taken to change existing patent law to improve the patent system. Effort 
has been made particularly to make known the work of the National Research Council 
by its patents committee along this line. This work of the Patent Office Society has 
been done outside of Government hours and entirely at the expense of the society. 
The amount of matter so printed and distributed has not been ascertained. Activities 
of this character are also presumed to be outside the intended scope of the inquiry, 
although they fall within the terms thereof broadly interpreted. 

The Assistant Commissioner of Patents has written letters answering inquiries and 
giving information with reference to pending legislation. He is at the Patent Office 
and is paid under the regular appropriation bill. 

Item 6. —About 1,100 copies of the Journal of the Patent Office Society are issued each 
month. It is sold by subscription. The subscriptions received cover the entire 
expense of its publication. It is distributed by mail, under paid postage, by the 
printer, except a certain number of copies, which are distributed by hand to sub¬ 
scribers in the Patent Office. It is not a Government publication. The amount of 
paper used in the Journal of the Patent Office Society during the last six months is 
not known. All of this paper, however, has been purchased by the Patent Office 
Society from its own funds. 

Respectfully submitted. 

M. II. Coulston, Assistant Commissioner. 


March 9, 1920. 










DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR. 


37 


UNITED STATES PENSION OFFICE. 


Department of the Interior, 
Washington , D. C., March 1, 1920. 

Mr. E. J. Ayers, 

Chief Cleric, Department of the Interior. 

My Dear Mr. Ayers: In reply to your letter of February 25, 1920, 
transmitting a request from the Joint Committee on Printing for 
a report on the duplicating and printing machines in this bureau, 
you are advised that this bureau has two such machines hereinafter 
described. 


1 No. 4 multigraph, equipped with automatic paper feed, electric power 
drive, printing ink attachment, and signature device. Additional equip¬ 
ment used in connection with this machine consists of six segments and 
two fonts of metal type in flexo typesetters, one set being used for printing 
through a ribbon and the other for printing with ink. It was purchased 
February 7, 1919, from the appropriation “Miscellaneous expenses, Pen¬ 
sion Office, 1919,” providing for the purchase of labor-saving devices. The 

total cost of the machine and equipment.- - $615. 20 

1 No. 78 mimeograph, equipped with an automatic paper feed and electric 
power drive. The method of duplication consisting of printing through 
a stencil previously cut on a typewriter. There is used in connection with 
this machine a mimeoscope. This machine and equipment were purchased 
July 28, 1916, from the appropriation “Miscellaneous expenses. Pension 
Office, 1916,” providing for the purchase of labor-saving devices, at a 
cost of.-. 105.00 


These machines are used for duplicating orders, decisions, and 
instructions of the Commissioner of Pensions, form letters, and the 
Field Review, samples of which are herewith. It is absolutely 
necessary that the orders, decisions, and instructions of the com¬ 
missioner be circulated immediately after they have been made; 
therefore, if it were not for these machines a corps of typists would 
have to be employed to make the copies necessary for circulation 
throughout the bureau. A force of typists would also have to be 
employed in answering the numerous inquiries which are now an¬ 
swered by form letters. The Field Review, serving the bureau as a 
convenient medium of communication with special examiners, has 
proved an important factor in the promotion of efficiency in the 
special examination service. It deals largely with interpretations of 
law and changes of practice and takes the place of many circulars 
and individual letters of instruction. This publication advocates 
teamwork and standardized method and is accomplishing excellent 


results. 

The paper generally used in this class of work weighs 4.94 pounds 
per ream and costs 0.0846 cents per pound. About 600 reams are 
used annually. 

The addressing and mailing machines in this bureau are used solely 
for the purpose of mailing pension checks. 

The two duplicating machines are operated by one clerk, whose 
salary is $1,400 per annum, and is paid out of the appropriation for 
salaries Pension Office. 

This bureau has no one engaged in gathering, writing, or editing 
publicity or press matter. 

Cordially, yours, ' _ 

F. D. Byington, Chief Cleric. 




38 


MIMEOGRAPHING AND MULTIGRAPHING 


RECLAMATION SERVICE. 


Item 1: 


No. 

Kind. 

Location. 

Cost. 


1 

No. 78 Edison mimeograph, 
with motor. 

Room B-330, Interior De¬ 
partment. 

$140 

No equipment has been pur¬ 
chased since Mar. 1, 1919. 


Item 2: 


Kind. 

Total 
number 
of copies 
(6 

months). 

Cost, in¬ 
cluding 
paper 
and 
labor. 


50 ; 000 

$300 




Samples of work herewith. 


Item 3: 


No. 

Kind. 

• Location. 

Cost. 

Authority for purchase. 

1 

Addressograph, Model B.... 

Room B-330, Interior De¬ 
partment. 

$112.50 

Reclamation act of June 17, 
1902. 


Item 4: 


No. 

Designation. 

Location. 

Compensation. 

Fund from which paid. 

1 

Skilled laborer. 

Room B-330, Interior 
Department. 

$1,020 per annum plus 
bonus. 

Reclamation fund. 




Item 5: 


No. 

Designation. 

Location. 

Compen¬ 

sation. 1 

Fund from which 
paid. 

Authority. 

1 

Statistician. 

Room 6038, Interior 
Department. 

$3,300 

Reclamation fund. 

Reclamation act and an- 


nual appropriation by 
Congress. 




1 

Clerk. . . 

Room 6042, Interior 
Department. 

1,620 

.do. 

Do. 





Item 6: 


1 Plus bonus of $210. 


Quantity. 

How produced. 

How distributed. 

Kind and weight of paper. 

10,000 copies. 

Mimeographed.. 

Mailed to project news¬ 
papers, posted on bulletin 
boards, etc. 

150 pounds No. 20 white 
writing. 



Note.— Less than l per cent of the time of one person is taken up with the prepara¬ 
tion of press matter and bulletins, which consist of announcements of opening of public 
lands, results of bids, etc. 















































































DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR. 


39 


ST. ELIZABETHS HOSPITAL. 


Department of the Interior, 

Washington, D. C., February 28, 1920. 

Mr. E. J. Ayers, 

Assistant Acting Secretary Department of the Interior, 

Washington, D. C. 

Dear sir: Replying to communication of the Joint Committee on 
Printing of February 20, 1920, I have to inform you that this 
hospital has one No. 78 Edison rotary mimeograph, hand operated, 
which is used for routine office work and hospital records. 

Very respectfully, 

M. Sanger, 

Administrative Assistant to the Superintendent. 


secretary’s office. 

Information requested by tbe Joint Committee on Printing in letter of February 
20, 1920: 

ItCTI 1 1 .' <(.-1 . rj rjrw 

1 mimeograph, Model 78, No. 10094.-. ' on 

1 folding machine, Model 17, No. 1221. qq 

1 stapling machine. 

The mimeograph and folding machine are self-feeders and operated by motors 
No metal tvpe is used on this mimeograph. These machines aie used occasionally 
on publicity matter and frequently on correspondence and office.records. 

’ Item 2 .—Statement showing publicity matter mimeographed during the six months 
ending February 29, 1920: 





Stencils. 

Number 
of copies. 

Reams of 

Cost. 



Number. 

paper. 

Stencils. 

Paper. 

Total. 

Qrvnnobac (UlH rPDOrt.8 . 

5 

50 

3,265 

104 

$7.50 
3.60 

$72.80 
11.90 
iin ao 

$80.30 
15.50 
143.00 
10.40 

O Dcttllvo UllU. i opv* - ---------- 

Dati fprPTiflftS . 

5 

24 

1,775 

17 

158 

Mrmthlv Bulletins . 

10 

216 

3,400 

32.40 
2.70 

IIU. ou 

7 7H 

Press notices. 

8 

18 

2,600 

11 

/. /U 

'Tntal .. 

28 

308 

11,040 

290 

46.20 

203.00 

249.20 




1 

:_ 

\ __ 

— 

---t- 

-. 


Price. 

Universal folder No. 17, serial 1221, motor, automatic feed. *375 00 

Universal folder D, serial 355, motor, automatic feed. 

Boston wire stitcher, serial 1782, motor.. 00 

Foot-power stitcher..... 

Mimeograph, A. B. Dick No. 78: 84.00 

Serial 12104, motor, automatic feed. 140 00 

Serial 10094, motor, automatic.feed. yg 

Serial 4756, motor, automatic feed. go qq 

Serial 3032, motor, automatic feed-.. 75 ' 00 

Mimeoscope, A. B. Dick model H, serial 195.- - - - - - -. 17 ,‘ no 

Multigrap’h Printer No. 3, serial 32291, motor, automatic feed. 175.00 

Multigraph Printer No. 36, serial 1409, motor automatic feed. 213. 75 

Multigraph Printer No. 36, serial 5419, hand feed. ^09 2 g 

serial" i.4654*, motor,*automatic feed! !.. V. m. 00 
xKthe only machine ordered since 1919 These machines are 
located in Room B-132, Interior Department Building. 

These machines were purchased from the appropriation for “Contingent expenses, 
which provides for the purchase of labor-saving devices, etc. 














































40 


MIMEOGRAPHING AND MULTIGRAPHING. 


Item 4: 

1 clerk.$1, 200. 00 

1 multigraph operator. 900. 00 

1 assistant multigraph operator. 720. 00 


These employees are paid from the appropriation for “Contingent expenses.” 

Item 5 .—No employees of this office are engaged in gathering, writing, or editing 
publicity or press matter. Press notices usually originate from the bureaus and 
offices of this department. 

Item 6 .—For quantity, weight of publicity matter, and how produced, see paragraph 
No. 2; white writing paper, General Supply Schedule Item 1537, 50 per cent rag, soft 
finish, is used in mimeographing press and publicity matter. 





DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. 


Bureau of Investigation, 
Washington, January 26, 1920. 

Joint Committee on Printing, 

Senate Office Building, Washington, D. C. 

Gentlemen: Please advise this office if the act approved March 1, 
1919, covers mimeographing and multigraphing work, of which a 
great deal is required in the operation of the field offices of this 
bureau. It has generally been understood that same are not covered 
in the above and such work has been authorized by this bureau. 
Should the act be construed as covering all such work, will it be 
necessary for this bureau to request authority to pay these expenses 
from our appropriation or will blanket authority be issued to cover 
all such work which has been authorized and paid ? 

It is further requested that you advise us if we may continue to 
authorize such expenditures in the future. 

Yours, very truly, 


Frank Burke, 
Assistant Director and Chief. 


Congress of the United States, 

Joint Committee on Printing, 
Washington, D. C., March 4, 1920. 
Director, Bureau of Investigation, 

Department of Justice. 

Dear Sir: I have your letter of January 26, 1920, asking .advice 
as to whether section 11 of Public Act No. 314, approved March 1, 
1919, covers mimeographing and multigraphing work. 

The committee now has that question under consideration and has 
sent out a letter, a copy of which is inclosed herewith, to all of the 
departments requesting information as to the use of the mimeograph 
and multigraph. After receipt of the reports requested the committee 
hopes to reach a decision promptly. 

Pending that action I see .no objection to your doing such mimeo¬ 
graphing and multigraphing work as may be required in the operation 
of your field offices, the same as other branches of the Government 
service are doing. 

Respectfully, 

Reed Smoot, Chairman. 


41 




42 


MIMEOGRAPHING AND MULTIGRAPHING. 


Department of Justice, 

Washington , D. C., March 15 , 1920. 

Hon. Reed Smoot, 

Chairman Joint Committee on Printing . 

Sir: Permit me to acknowledge the receipt of your letter ol 
February 20, requesting certain information relative to devices 
being used by the various Government departments in the produc¬ 
tion of printed matter, and to report as follows: 

Item. 1 —This department has in use two motor-propelled mimeograph machines, 
with automatic feeding attachments, the original cost of which was iMU. lnese 
machines are used in producing typewritten matter by means of a stencil. We also 
have in use two photostat machines, the original cost of which was $1,400. iney are 
hand operated and are used for making photographic copies of correspondence, maps, 
photographs, etc. A drying machine, which cost $410, is used in connection with 
the photostat machines. Only one of the machines mentioned, a mimeograph, was 
purchased since March 1, 1919, and its cost was paid from the department s corn 
tingent fund for miscellaneous expenditures provided in the legislative, executive, 
and judicial appropriation act for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1919. 

Item 2— The matter produced on this equipment is not divided into particular 
classes. The mimeographs are used for printing all classes of work, such as circulars, 
notices, copies of letters, etc. These machines are the only means the department 
has for producing printed matter required for immediate use. There are inclosed 
herewith samples of the work produced by the mimeograph and photostat machines. 
The average monthly quantity of mimeograph paper used is approximately 400 
reams at a cost of 45 cents per ream. The number of reproductions on the photostat 
machines averages from 200 to 300 copies per day, the approximate cost being 3 cents 
per copy. 

Item, 3 .—The department has two addressing machines, the original cost of which 
was $210.50. One of the machines is motor propelled and the other foot propelled. 
These are used principally for addressing envelopes and franks. They were pur¬ 
chased from the contingent fund for miscellaneous expenditures provided from year 
to year in the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation act. 

Item 4 .—The following is a list of employees engaged in the operation of the mime¬ 
ograph and photostat equipment : 


Designation. 

Compensa¬ 
tion per 
annum. 

Fund from which paid. 

Special employee (photostat operator). 

Do ■ . 

SI,300 
1,200 
1.000 
1.000 
900 
840 
720 
660 

Detection and prosecution of crimes. 
Do. 

Do 

Office of the Attorney General, 
i Detection and nrosecution of crimes. 
Do. 

Do. 

| Office of the Attorney General. 

rjork (typist) .-. 

Minor clerk (photostat operator). 

Special employee (photostat operator). 

Special employee (mimeograph operator). 

Special employee (photostat helper)... 

T.nbnrftr 



These emplovees receive a bonus of $240 in addition to their annual compensation 
and are under the supervision of the clerk in charge of the stenographic bureau, who 
receives a compensation of $1,600 per annum, plus the bonus of $240. No one is 
employed specifically for the purpose of operating the addressographs. 

Item 5—This department has no one engaged in gathering, writing, or editing 
publicity or press matter. 

This report covers the department in Washington. A report on 
the field service will be submitted as soon as the necessary informa¬ 
tion is procured. 

Respectfully, 

C. B. Ames, 

Acting Attorney General. 


















DEPARTMENT OF LABOR. 


Department of Labor, 

Washington, March 11, 1920 . 

Hon. Reed Smoot, 

Chairman Joint Committee on Printing. 

My Dear Senator: Complying with your request of the 20th 
ultimo, relative to mimeographs, multigraphs, and other reproducing 
and addressing devices in the various C overnment establishments in 
Washington, D. C., there is shown below the answers to the questions 
contained therein, by bureaus and offices. 

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY. 

Item 1 . —There is shown below a statement of the number, kind, and cost of all 
machinery or other equipment used in producing printed and typewritten matter, 
etc. These are located in the Department of Labor Building, 1712 G Street NW.: 



Unit 

price. 

Total 

cost. 

Mimeographs, electric drive, automatic feed: 


$162.50 


$148.00 

700.00 

Multigraph, electric drive, metal type, automatic feed: 1 Auxiliary Printer, A. D. 


157.50 

ifi4 ' rr«*rt -r-tVt R.'nd nnwor mot ill fvr»P hflTirl fppH * 1 ( tHTTI TOOtor. NO. 4 ^ . 


300.00 

Mull l^rapn, IIRIIQ pOvVl 1 !, ILIcl/d.1 type, iio-uu. IPOU. i \iaimuvivi , * ------ . 

t>v» y~v+ - i VT/-* i iTrifh XT 17 Pnnnpr-TTpwit.t lieHtinfir outfits . 


615. 00 

L UOl/OSLcilSI 1 1NO. 1, Willi IN U. It LUUpCl liv Witt ugui-iu 5 . . 


50.00 

signature device. 1 inu. z-± t lviuiit/uo^upc j . 




1 Three of these machines were taken over by the department uoon abolition of its war services. 

2 This machine is never used except when the class of work will not permit of its being mimeographed, 
not over 2,000 or 3,000 copies per year being made thereon. 

3 This is an obsolete, hand-power, rotary multigraph that has not been used for several years. 

a This machine was taken over by the department July 1, 1919, upon the abolition of the war services. 


All above machines were purchased prior to March 1, 1919. 

Item & —The class of work performed bv the above machinery is the mimeographing 
of form "letters, statements, and instructions for field officers, press notices of depart¬ 
mental publications, and work of similar kind. No periodicals are published, lhe 
department centralizes its reproducing work in the Division of Publications and 
Supplies of the office of the Secretary. following statement shows for the month 



^Bureau (J Labor Statistics (samples herewith, Exhibit 2).—Mimeograph impressions, 
500 letterheads, 6-lb. bond, 22,480 mimeograph paper; folding, 8,o50; addressing, 6,136. 

Bureau of Immigration (samples herewith. Exhibit 3) -Mimeograph impressions, 
1,000 manifold paper (3-lb.); 3,200 bond (5-lb.); 800 bond (4-lb.). . 

Children 1 s Bureau (samples herewith, Exhibit 4;.—Mimeograph impressions, 28,980 
mimeograph paper; folding, 13,600; sealing, 26,011; addressing. 15,410 

Bureau of Naturalization (samples herewith, Exhibit 5).-Mimeograph impressions 
46 200 letterheads; 55.900 mimeograph paper; 6,150 3 by 5 cards; 158 photostat punts, 

sculim>- ',5 2 i 2 - addressing, 12,825; folding, 29,710. . 

Em^oymmt'Servke (samples herewith, Exhibit 6).-2,000 copies on mimeograph 

^Women’s Bureau (samples herewith, Exhibit 7 ),-Mimeograph impressions, 2.750 
bond f5-lb.)- 


43 



















44 


MIMEOGRAPHING AND MULTIGRAPHING. 


In addition to the work shown before, there were 1,000 graphotype plates cut r * 
proof read, cards printed for insertion in plates, etc., for mailing. 

As will be noted, there was quite a number of photostat prints made, particularly 
for the Bureau of Naturalization. These are mainly photostatic copies of papers to 
be used in court proceedings. The paper used on mimeograph work is the ordinary 
mimeograph paper supplied from the schedules of the General Supply Committee. 
Letterheads are used only on form letters to field officers in their work with the courts 
in naturalization cases. In many instances the department and bureau heading is 
inserted by the mimeograph machine on ordinary mimeograph paper, thereby saving 
the use of letterheads of a much better grade of paper. 

Item 3 .—'The number, kind, location, and cost of all addressing, folding, and mailing 
machinery and other equipment of that, kind is shown in the following statement: 


Addressographs, electric drive: Total cost. 

1 Model B, card index, hand feed. $170. 00 

l Model A2, with frank attachment, automatic feed. L 000. 00 

Folding machines, electric drive, automatic feed: 

L Universal, Model No. 17, with 2-fold attachment. 261. 00 

1 Universal, Model No. 17, with one, two, and three fold attachments.. 375. 00 

Graphotype, electric drive, hand feed: One with upper and lower case type. 400. 00 
Sealing machines, electric drive, automatic feed: 

1 Multipost, Model V. 100. 00 1 

1 Multipost, Model V. 125. 00 

1 Universal, standard, Model M 1 . 95. 00 

Staple binder machine, electric drive, hand feed: 1 Boston 1 . 80. 00 

Staple binder machine, foot power, hand feed: 1 Boston. 39. 20 


All above machines were purchased prior to March 1, 1919. 

Item 4 -—The number of persons employed in the operation and supervision of the 
machines and equipment operated under paragraphs 1 and 3, is as follows: 

1 clerk in charge of mailing, duplicating, and photostat section, whose duties 
are, in part: Supervision of work of section: filling requests for publications 
by preparing franks for forwarding to the Superintendent of Documents; 
receiving and recording mimeograph work, addressing, sealing, and photo- Salary. 

stat prints; reading proof and revising mimeograph work... $1. 600 

1 stencil cutter for mimeograph work. ]' 600 

1 mailing list clerk, whose duties are the making of cards for the mailing lists: 
adding new names, correcting changes in addresses, etc.: revising cards 

when returned from Superintendent of Documents, and filing same. 1,400 

1 clerk, whose duty it is to take care of the machine? (oiling, cleaning, etc. ), 
cut graphotype plates, operate mimeograph, folding, sealing, and addressing 

machines, and photostat machines.. _ ^ X 200 

1 clerk, who operates mimeograph, addressograph, foldingand sealing machines 1,000 
1 assistant messenger, who operates sealingand folding machines, straightens up 
mimeograph work prior to delivery, and delivers same.T. 720 

All oftheseare paid from appropriation, “Salaries, Office of the Secretary of Labor.” 

Item 5 .—The office of the Secretary has no persons engaged in all or in part of their 
time m gathering, writing, or editing publicity or press matter. The Assistant Secre¬ 
tary's office is the news release office of the department, through which all press 
notices of any bureau, by regulation of the department, must pass This takes but 
a very small fraction of the time of that official. 

Item 6.— No publicity or press matter has been prepared by persons under the 
preceding paragraph. 


BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS. 


Item L—The bureau possesses one commercial duplicator, hand operated and 
hand feed, costing $175; was purchased during the fiscal year 1913. 


Item 2.—The reproduction of large size blank forms, the approximate 
copies of each being from 25 to 100. Samples furnished herewith. No. 8. 


number of 


Item 3. —None. 


Item 4 .—A small fraction of the time of one messenger. 


i Taken over by the department July 1, 1919, upon the abolition of the war services. 

















DEPARTMENT OF LABOR. 


45 


Item 5 .-—The preparation of press notices or other material for publication is done 
by the editors of the Monthly Review and bulletins of the bureau, and takes up 
approximately one-half of 1 per cent of their time. These employees are paid from 
appropriation. “Salaries, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor.” 

Item 6 .—The press notices referred to consist of from one to two pages and average 
about three per month, each of about 3,000 copies, and refer wholly to the publications 
of the bureau. These press notices are printed on ordinary mimeograph paper sup¬ 
plied from the schedules of the General Supply Committee. These press notices are 
produced on mimeograph machines of the department, located in the Division of 
Publications and Supplies, of the Office of the Secretary. 


BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION. 

Hems 1-6. —None. 


children’s bureau. 

Items 1-4.- —None. 

Item 5 .—One editor. $2,000 per annum, uses approximately one-fourth of her time 
gathering, writing, and editing publicity or press matter. This employee is paid 
from appropriation, “Salaries, Children’s Bureau, Department of Labor,” and the 
authority for this work is found in the act creating the Department of Labor,, ap¬ 
proved March 4, 1913. 

Item 6 .—Approximately four press notices are released each month, based on the 
publications of tire bureau. The work is done in the duplicating section of the 
Secretary’s Office. It is distributed on the mailing lists of the department through 
the same office, and is printed on mimeograph paper furnished from the schedules of 
the General Supply Committee. 


BUREAU OF NATURALIZATION. 

Items 1-4. —None. 

Item ,5—One clerk at $1,600 spent approximately one-half day on the work of 
preparation of press notices during the past six months, paid from appropriation, 
“Salaries. Bureau of Naturalization, Department of Labor,” under authority of the 
act creating the Department of Labor, approved March 3, 1913. 

Item 6 —One issue of press notices mimeographed by the machinery in the Divi¬ 
sion of Publications and Supplies, Office of the Secretary, 4,000 sheets, mimeographed 
on ordinary mimeograph paper, No. 20, supplied from the schedules of the General 
Supply Committee. (See Exhibit 9.) 


UNITED STATES EMPLOYMENT SERVICE. 


Item 1 .—Two electricallv driven, automatic feed mimeograph machines, and one 
hand-power, hand-feed mimeograph, purchased prior to March 1, 1919. 

Item 2 .—Circular letters of instruction, and form letters to field officers of the ser¬ 
vice ranging in number from 75 to 500 copies. Samples herewith, No. 9. This is 
printed on mimeograph paper, supplied from the schedules of the General Supply 
Committee, or in certain cases on service letterheads. 

Item 3. —None. 

Item 4 —One clerk at $1,800 devotes a very small fraction of her time to cutting 
stencils for the mimeograph machine, and one messenger boy at $480 per annum, 
who devotes a fraction of his time to printing the same. Both are paid from the ap¬ 
propriation, “Employment Service, Department of Labor, 1920. 


Items 5-6. —None. 

women’s bureau. 

Items 1-6. —None. 

Every effort has been made to make this a complete statement in 
answer to the questions contained in your inquiry. This, of course, 
refers onlv to the bureaus and offices at Washington, and circulars 
have been sent out to the field services and upon their receipt re¬ 
ports will be made for those services. 

Respectfully, yours, . . , , „ 

Louis F. Post, Assistant Secretary . 


NAVY DEPARTMENT. 


Navy Department, 
Washington, March 22, 1920. 

My Dear Senator Smoot: In response to your letter of February 
20, I inclose herewith reports from the Office of Naval Operations, 
the Bureaus of Navigation, Yards and Docks, Ordnance, Supplies 
and Accounts, Headquarters United States Marine Corps, Navy 
Allotment Office, Compensation Board, and Hydrographic Office 
concerning mimeographs, multigraphs, and other similar devices. 

The navy yard, Washington, 1). C., the United States Naval 
Observatory, and the other bureaus and offices of the department 
not. mentioned above report that they have no mimeographs, multi¬ 
graphs, or other devices used in the preparation of any printing 
other than correspondence and office records. From a perusal of 
the statements made by the bureaus of the department in report¬ 
ing upon this matter, it would appear that, broadly speaking, all 
of the machines reported upon are used in the preparation of what 
may be included under the term “correspondence and office records’’ 
with one exception, that being the mimeograph in my own office, 
which is used a portion of the time for the preparation of matter 
for the press, a report upon which you will find inclosed with the 
reports from the other bureaus. 

Very truly, yours, 

Josephus Daniels. 


Hon. Reed Smoot, 

Chairman Joint Committee on Printing. 


NAVY ALLOTMENT OFFICE. 

Navy Department, 
Washington , D. C., March 5 , 1920. 

To: Secretary of the Navy. 

Subject: Section 11 of Public Act No. 314, Sixty-fifth Congress, in 
re public printing and binding. 

Reference: (a) Circular letter of Secretary of the Navy, February 26, 
1920. 

1 . Complying with paragraph 2 of reference calling for report 
as to printing devices used in the Navy Allotment Office, the fol¬ 
lowing is submitted: 


Item 1 .—The following printing machinery is in use: Total cost. 

3 Multigraph (Printer No. 36), at $500 each. $1, 500 

4 Flexso typesetters, at $75 each. 300 


The machines listed above are equipped with motors and automatic feeds, the 
multigraph machines having inking attachments and also ribbon attachment for 
reproduction of typewritten letters. All type used is of metal and set by hand. 
No mimeographing or lithographing machines are in use in this-office and no machin¬ 
ery has been purchased since March 1, 1919. 






NAVY DEPARTMENT. 


47 


Item 2 .—The machinery referred to in Item 1 is used for printing forms, office 
stationery, circular letters, and various other forms which from time to time are 
required for immediate use. Most of these forms are printed in lots of from 5,000 to 
10,000 each, with the exception of circulars which are usually inclosed with checks 
and are run off in lots of about 100,000. These forms are continually changing from 
time to time to meet the particular needs of the different sections. 

ItemS .—In addition to the printing machines mentioned in Item 1 there are in 
use several posting and sealing machines which are used only in connection with 
the routine work of this office, for which reason it is believed to be unnecessary to 
describe them in detail or to indicate the cost of such machines. 

Item 4 .—At the present time two persons are employed in the operation and repair 
of these machines. One, the operator in charge, who receives a compensation at the 
rate of $1,300 per annum, and an assistant who is paid at the rate of $1,100 per annum. 
Compensation is paid out of the appropriation '‘Transferred reservists, 1920.” 

Item 5.—No employees of the Navy Allotment Office are engaged in publicity or 
press work of any kind whatsoever. It is estimated that during the past six months 
approximately 1,500,000 impressions have been made by this equipment covering 
about 200 different jobs. -The major part of this printing has been done on 20-pound 
Hammermill bond paper. 

Item 6— No press and publicity matter is produced. The major part of the printing 
covered by this report is done on Hammermill bond paper which costs from 90 cents 
to $1 a ream. 


COMPENSATION BOARD. 

Navy Department, 

Washington, D. C., March 8, 1920. 

From: Compensation Board. 

To: Secretary of the Navy. 

Subject: Section 11 of Public Act No. 314, Sixty-fiftli Congress, m 
re public printing and binding. 

Reference: (a) Department’s letter of February 26, 1920, directing 
submission of report containing certain information desired by 
Joint Committee on Printing. . 

Inclosure: (A) Compensation board’s serial letter No. 146, showing 
specimen of work and quality of paper used on mimeograph. 

1. n compliance with paragraph 2 of the above reference, the 
department is informed that a mimeograph machine is used m this 
office for the purpose of reproducing circular letters of instructions 
to cost inspection boards, miscellaneous office forms, etc. The 
information desired by the Joint Committee on Punting with ref¬ 
erence to this machine is given below: 

Ttem i _(A) One Edison’s rotary mimeograph machine, No. 78. hand power, self- 

feeder. Located in office of Compensation Board, room 2442, Navy Department. 
Cost $84. 

Item * _(A) Production of serial letters of “ Instructions to Cost Inspection Boards.” 
Approximate number of copies, 300. Cost of paper, 60 cents per ream. Approximate 
cost of producing 300 copies of serial letters averaging three pages in length. Papei , 
$1 20- labor, $1.20; stencil paper, 50 cents; mimeograph ink, 10 a PP ro: Y' 

mate cost for one letter, $3.00; approximate cost tor one year, $100. Inclosure (A) 
is a sample of the work produced by the mimeograph machine and paper used. 

Item S.—( A) None. 

Item 4 —(A) One messenger (part time), Compensation Board, room 2444, { Navy 
Department. 'Compensation $840 per annum, payable lrom appropriation, Pay, 
miscellaneous, 1920”—Navy. 


Items 5-6 .—(A) None. 


W. L. Capps. 





48 


MIMEOGRAPHING AND MULTIGRAPHING. 


HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE. 

Navy Department, 

Washington, D. C., March 8, 1920. 

To: Secretary of the Navy. 

Subject: Section 11 of Public Act No. 314, 65th Congress, in re public 
printing and binding. 

1. The following machinery and work fall within the scope of the 
Printing Committee’s inquiry: 

Iteml .—One American multigraph, Room No. 1423, Navy Building; motor run; 
equipped with self-feeding attachment; and automatic ink rollers. Metal type used 
from three (3) “typesetters.” Cost $1,709.67. Purchased subsequent to Maich 1, 
1919, by authority of annual legislative bill—C. and M. expenses Ilvdrographic Office. 

One mimeograph, No. 78, Room No. 1423, hand power; automatic feed. Cost $80. 

Item 2. —Mine warnings to mariners, regarding location of mine fields and safe 
channels through them. (Sample attached.) Sixty-five issues'have been printed 
from April, 1919, to date with an average-edition of 2,500 copies of 3 pages each. Cost 
of paper, $803.42; total cost, $4,857.09. (Printed on multigraph.) 

Daily memorandum covering latest reports of dangers and aids to navigation (sample 
attached). About 450 copies daily. Cost of paper for preceding six months, $82.50. 
Total cost, $321.07. The above publications are in a real sense supplements to the 
Pilot Charts, and the wprk requires continuous close supervision by the editor, much 
of the information coming in by radio. It would therefore be impracticable to send 
them away to be printed. 

Items .—One addressograph (F. 1) located Room No. 1425, Navv Building: cost 
$402.30; purchased prior to March 1, 1919, under authority of annualiegislative bill— 
C. and M. expenses Hydrographic Office. 

One hand graphotype located Room 1425, Navy Building; cost, $80; purchased 
prior to March 1, 1919, under authority of annual legislative bill—C. and M. expenses, 
Hydrographic Office. 

Owing to the shifting nature of the addresses, most of them being for vessels of the 
Navy and merchant marine, it is deemed best to keep the mailing in our own hands. 

Two Hutchins spool-of-wire paper fasteners and equipment, located Room No. 1421, 
Navy Building; cost $66; purchased subsequent to March 1919, under authority 
of annual legislative bill—C. and M. expenses, Hydrographic Office. 

Item 4— Five persons, in Room No. 1423, Navy Building (4 clerks and 1 laborer), 
engaged part of their time, $2,344. One clerk, Room No. 1425, Navv Building, part 
of his time, $50. 

Item 5 .—No “Publicity” or “Press matter” is prepared or mailed bv the Hydro- 
graphic Office with the above machinery. 

W. C. Asserson, Acting. 


MARINE CORPS. 

Headquarters Marine Corps, 

Washington, March 9, 1920. 
From: The Major General Commandant. 

To: The Secretary of the Navy. 

Subject: Section 11 of public act No. 314, Sixty-fifth Congress, in re 
public printing and binding. 

Reference: (a) Secretary of the Navy circular letter dated Februarv 
26, 1920. J 

Inclosures: 7 (specimens of mimeograph work, etc.). 

1. In accordance with the directions contained in reference (a), 
relative to the production of printed and typewritten matter (other 
than correspondence and office records), the following report is 
submitted. 



NAVY DEPARTMENT. 


49 


Item 1 .—The target practice section at headquarters Marine Corps is equipped with 
the following articles of machinery, which are used in the production of mimeograph 

work: 

1 Edison-Dick mimeograph, self-feeding, motor attachment, cost price (approxi¬ 


mate) .$160 

1 paper cutter, cost price. 75 

1 clipping machine, cost price. 40 

1 punching machine, cost price. 35 


All of this machinery was purchased prior to March 1, 1919. 

Item 2 .—The classes of work done with this equipment are as follows: 

(a) Office forms (pay memorandum slips, daily personnel report sheets, casualty 
information blanks, office routing slips for mail, watch notification cards, etc.). 

(b) Circular letters (these letters, which are mailed to the various posts of the 
Marine Corps, would have to be done on the typewriter if the mimeograph were not 
available). 

(c) Marksmanship qualification orders (orders issued to the service in which are 
listed the qualifications in marksmanship made by officers and enlisted men. The 
necessity for the distribution of these orders as soon as possible after the qualifications 
are made is well established. Printing them would be too slow and much more 
expensive) 

( d ) Target practice bulletins (a form of circular letter printed monthly, in which 
the service is informed of the results obtained in target practice on the various rifle 
ranges, and containing instructions for the conduct of target practice, changes in small- 
arms equipment, etc.—a very necessary publication, from which excellent results 
are being obtained). 

While the exact figures for the last six months are not available at present, 1,118,027 
sheets of matter coming within the above-mentioned classes were mimeographed during 
the last six months of the calendar year 1919. Most of this work was done on mimeo¬ 
graph paper, a very cheap grade of paper costing about $0.44 per ream, making a total 
of $2,236. 

Samples of each class of work above listed are attached. 

Item .5.—The folding of all mimeograph work is done by hand by the mimeograph 
operator or the clerks in the target practice section; the addressing is done on the type¬ 
writer or on the addressograph, which was purchased over a year ago at a cost of $50. 
No mailing machinery is used in distributing mimeograph work. 

Item 4 .—One enlisted man is employed in the operation of this equipment. He is 
under the direct supervision of the warrant officer in charge of the target practice 
section. His compensation is approximately $1,600 per annum and is paid from the 
appropriation “Pay, Marine Corps.” 

Items 5-6 .—The data called for in these items will be submitted later in a report 
covering the equipment, personnel, etc., of the Marine Corps recruiting publicity 
bureau, located in New York City. This report will, in accordance with the depart¬ 
ment’s instructions, be submitted not later than April 10. 

George Barnett. 


BUREAU OF NAVIGATION. 


Navy Department, 

Washington , I). C., March 8, 1920. 

From: Bureau of Navigation. 

To: Secretary of the Navy. , 

Subject: Report of mimeographs, multigraphs, etc., used m produc- 

tion of publicity matter and printing. 

.Reference: (a) Letter of Secretary of the Navy, 1 ebruary 26, 1920. 

1 In compliance with paragraph 2 of reference (a), the attached 
report, covering activities of the Bureau of Navigation, Navy Depart¬ 
ment, Washington, D. C., is submitted. 

Thos. Washington, 

i Rear Admiral, U. S. Navy, Chief of Bureau. 
172219—20-4 








50 


MIMEOGRAPHING AND MULTIGRAPHING. 


Item 1 .—The following equipment is in use in the multigraph room of the Bureau 
of Navigation, room 3935, new Navy building: 

Cost. 

3 No. 78 mimeographs, motor-driven, automatic feed, each |180. 1540 

1 No. 4 multigraph, operated by hand; lead type, set by hand. 340 

1 No. 4 multigraph (complete), motor-driven, automatic feed, printer’s ink 

attachment; lead type, set by hand. 595 

1 No. 36 printer (complete) motor-driven, automatic feed, printer’s ink attach¬ 
ment; lead type. 495 

7 segments for multigraph (interchangeable), each $15. 105 

3 Flexo typesetters; lead type, set by hand, each $75. 225 

1 mimeoscope. 30 

All of the above equipment was purchased prior to November 1, 1918. 

Item 2. —The classes of work done in the multigraph room of the Bureau of Naviga¬ 
tion are as follows: 

(a) Bureau of Navigation circular letters (multigraphed). 

(b) Form letters, Bureau of Navigation (multigraphed). 

(c) Forms (mimeographed and multigraphed). 

(d) Card forms (multigraphed). 

( e) Weekly reports of enlistments (multigraphed). 

(/) Daily reports of orders to officers (mimeographed). 

Samples of work are attached hereto. 

No journals, magazines, periodicals, or similar publications are issued. 

Statement of amount and cost of paper used in the multigraph room from March 
1, 1919, to March 1, 1920, follows: 


Navy Department letterheads, 35,400 sheets, at $2 per 1,000. $70. 80 

Bureau of Navigation letterheads (8 by 10$ inches), 465,655 sheets, at $2 per 

1,000 ... 931. 31 

Bureau of Navigation letterheads (8 by 12 inches), 3,325 sheets, at $2 per 

1,000 .... 6.65 

Flimsy white (8 by 12 inches), 18,000 sheets, at $1 per 1,000. 18. 00 

Flimsy white (8 by 10$ inches), 189,600 sheets, at $1 per 1,000. 189. 60 

Flimsy pink, 105,700 sheets, at $1.03 per 1,000. 108. 87 

Flimsy blue, 91,150 sheets, at $1.03 per 1,000.;. 103. 20 

Flimsy green, 189,852 sheets, at $1.03 per 1,000. 195. 55 

Flimsy canary, 234,800 sheets, at $1.03 per 1,000.. 241. 84 

1537 (8 x 10$ inches), 613,400 sheets, at $1.26 per 1,000. 772. 88 

1537 (8 by 12 inches), 175,995 sheets, at $1.38 per 1,000. 242. 88 

1595 (8 by 10$ inches), 366,685 sheets, at $1 per 1,000. 366. 68 


Total cost of paper. 3 248. 26 

Total number of sheets, 2,489,562. 

Number of cards: 

4 by 6 inches, 3,600, at $2.40 per 1,000. 8. 64 

3 by 5 inches, 13,350) . nn , 

3 by 5 inches; l^OOOf 1 $1 ' 90 P er 1 ’ 000 . 57. 67 


Total cost of paper and cards. 3 5 314. 57 


It is often highly desirable that circular letters and other matter classified above be 
written and mailed on the same day that they are prepared. Attached is a report of 
work of the multigraph room during the month of February, 1920, with comparison of 
estimated commercial cost of similar work. 

The bureau believes that the matter reported on herein would properly be listed as 
“ correspondence and •office records,” and would not be within the scope of the report 
called for. The above data, however, is furnished for information. 

Item 3 —One folding machine, property of the Navy recruiting bureau, New York 
City, cost $375, is in use in the multigraph room. The addressograph and graphotype 
machine in the Bureau of Navigation mail room are used only for addressing corre¬ 
spondence and office records. 

Item 4—The following persons are employed in the operation and supervision of the 
machines and equipment reported on under paragraphs 1 and 3: 



























NAVY DEPARTMENT. 


51 


I chief special mechanic, United States Navy, compensation per year (Navv 
pay)..:.'.‘____ $1,948.92 

1 multigraph operator, compensation per year (civil-service salary, includ¬ 
ing bonus).. 1, 440. 00 

2 typists (stencil cutters and mimeograph operators), compensation per year 

(civil-service salaries, including bonus)... 2, 680. 00 

1 messenger, compensation per year (civil service-salary, including bonus).. 840. 00 


Total per year. 6,908.92 

Items 5-6. —None. 


Navy Department, 

Washington , D. C., March 1, 1920. 

From: H. A. Simkins, CSM., U. S. Navy. 

To: Commanding Officer, Recruiting Division, Bureau of Navigation. 
Subject: Report of cost of operating multigraph room for the month 
of February, 1920. 

1. The estimated cost of work in this schedule was made after a 
careful investigation of the prices charged by the different concerns 
engaged in the same line of work in civil life. 

Number of sheets of paper used, 180,930. 


Cost of 180,930 sheets of paper. $234. 33 

Cost of 213 stencils used. 29. 82 

Cost of ink and Dermax. 15. 00 

Total actual cost of supplies. 279. 15 

Civil-service salary of employees. 413. 00 

Actual cost of supplies. 279. 15 

Allowance for waste, repairs, etc. 27. 33 

Total actual cost of operating. 719. 48 

Estimated cost if done outside. 1,088. 96 

Total actual cost by multigraph room. 719. 48 

Difference between costs... 367. 48 


(This amount actually saved by operating multigraph room in preference to sending 
work outside, to say nothing of time saved.) 

H. A. Simkins. 


OFFICE OF NAVAL OPERATIONS. 

Navy Department, 

Washington , March 5, 1920. 

Memorandum for the Secretary of the Navy: 

In compliance with the instructions contained in your circular 
letter of the 28th ultimo directing that certain information be fur¬ 
nished for the Joint Committee on Printing in regard to mimeo¬ 
graph, multigraph, and other duplicating devices, you are informed 
that the following is the data for this office, by divisions: 

OPERATING DIVISION. 

Item 7.— The duplicating equipment in use in the Operating Division of the Office 
of Naval Operations consists of two Edison-Dick rotary mimeograph machines No. 
78; 110-120 volt, motor driven, purchased at $160 each; also two Underwood No. 4 
typewriters, purchased at $62.50 each, and used for cutting stencils. No equipment 
other than minor repair parts for these machines, such as feed rolls, etc., have been 
purchased since March 1, 1919. 



























52 


MIMEOGRAPHING AND MULTIGRAPHING. 


Item 2. —The mimeographing work is limited to correspondence and office records 
and ranges from about 50 to 1.000 copies per job. No publicity matter of any kind 
is run off on these machines. 

Item 3. —These mimeograph machines are operated by an assistant messenger paid 
$720 per annum from the appropriation “Additional employees.” 

INTELLIGENCE DIVISION. 

Pr in l ing much in es: 

Make: A. B. Dick rotary mimeograph (5 machines). 

Model: No. 78. electric drive. 

Cost: $160 each, total. $800. 

Numbers: 10222, 8720. 9644. 10224. 9634. 

Location: Machines numbers 10222, 8720, and 9644 in stock, room 1063 New Navy 
Building. These machines were used for more than a year before being placed in 
stock for emergency purposes. Machines numbered 10224 and 9634 in use in room 
1729 New Navy Building. 

Operator: Lady mimeograph operator. 

Salary of operator: $1,000 plus $240 bonus per annum. 

Time operated: Approximately 450 hours per annum. 

Supplies used: Approximately 225,000 sheets of 8 by 13 and 50.000 sheets of 8 by 
HU paper per annum. 

Work done: Compilations and other circular letters printed. 

Addressing machines: 

Make: Addressograph. 

Model: FLB, electric drive. 

Number: B-250G7. 

Cost: $220. 

Location: Machine in room 1709 New Navy Building. 

Operator: Stenographer and typist. 

Salary of operator: $1,200 plus $240 bonus per annum. 

Time operated: Approximately 3 days per month. 

Work done: Used to address envelopes for monthly information bulletins and 
other naval intelligence publications sent to commanding officers of vessels and divi¬ 
sion commanders. 

GUNNERY EXERCISES AND ENGINEEHING PERFORMANCES DIVISION. 

Item 1 .—One multigraph machine. Hand operated, hand feed. Metal type. 
Hand set up in printing drum. Bought prior to March 1, 1919. Complete outfit 
approximately $350. 

One printing press, hand operated, hand feed; metal type, hand set up; fitted 
with ink rollers, hand operated. Bought prior to March 1, 1919. Outfit approxi¬ 
mately $150. 

Item 2. —Multigraph machine used for circular letters, changes and correction in 
publications issued by this office to the fleet; forms for submitting certain reports; 
miscellaneoi s form letters. (Samples attached.) Average run of letters, 1,000 
sheets; forms 500 to 1.590 sheets. Cost of paper about 10 cents per pound. 

Hand printing press, used for printing titles for motion-picture films of gunnery 
and other exercises conducted under the direction of this office. (Sample attached.) 
Only one copy of each title is made. Cost of paper about 15 cents per pound. 

Item 3. —None. 

Item 4■ —No persons employed particularly to operate these machines. Work 
handled by office employees in connection with other duties. 

Items 5-6. —None. 


INSPECTIONS DIVISION. 

Work done in operating division. 

COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION. 

Printing machines: 

Make: A. B. Dick rotary mimeograph (2 machines). 

Model: No. 78 electric drive. 

Cost: $160 each. 

Numbers: 4728, 11772. 

Work done: Form letters, alnavs and bulletins, from 1,500 to 2,000 copies each. 


NAYY DEPARTMENT. 


53 


Addressing machines: 

Make: Addressograph. 

Model: B, card index, electric drive. 

Number: 21449. 

Cost: $220. 

Work done: Addressing envelopes to all ships and stations. 

Folding machines: 

Make: Ll Universal folding machine No. 17. 

Work done: Folding alnavs and bulletins. 

Cost: $300. 

Salary of operator: $1,200 plus $240 bonus per annum. 

R. E. Coontz. 


Navy Department, , 

Washington, March, 17, 1920. 

From: Chief Clerk of Operations. 

To: Chief Clerk of the Navy Department. 

Subject: Section 11 of Public Act No. 314, Sixty-fifth Congress, in re 
public printing and binding. 

Reference: (a) Circular letter to chiefs of bureaus and offices of the 
Navy Department, dated February 26, 1920. 

(&) Letter of Chief of Naval Operations March 5, 1920, in 
re duplicating equipment. 

1. It is requested that reference (b) be modified so as to include 
the following under the communications division: 

PRINTING MACHINES. 

Item 1. —One multigraph machine-, in code and signal section, cost unknown. 
Operated by motor, has automatic paper feed and printing ink rollers. Requires 
metal type, which is set up in the usual multigraph method. 

Item 2 .—Work consists entirely of work of highly secret nature, the number of 
copies varying from 100 to 1,000. Owing to secret character of publications, printed 
samples can not be submitted or can it be done at any other than this office. 

Item 8 .—None. 

Item 4 -—One clerk, code and signal section, compensation $1,200 per annum plus 
$240 bonus; fund from which paid: “Pay, reservists transferred, 1920.” Time 
employed on multigraph, about four days per month. 

Item 5 .—One officer, a lieutenant, United States Naval Reserve Force, code and 
signal section, devotes part of time to preparation of ciphers which are printed on 
this multigraph. 

Item 6 .—None. 

J. T. CUTHBERT. 


BUREAU OF ORDNANCE. 


Navy Department, 

Washington, D. O., March 5, 1920. 

From: Bureau of Ordnance. 

To: Secretary of the Navy. 

Subject: Section 11 of Public Act No. 314, Sixty-fifth Congress, in 
re public printing and binding. 

Reference: (A) Navy Department letter of February 26, 1920. 

Complying with directions contained in reference (A), the bureau 
submits the desired information in the following paragraphs: 

Iteml .—One A. B. Dick rotary mimeograph, hand power; one multigraph, with 
motor and hand power with automatic feed and printer ink attachment, regular 
multigraph type. Type set by hand. The automatic feed and printer ink attach- 




54 


MIMEOGRAPHING AND MULTIGRAPHING. 


merit were purchased June 5, 1919- These two attachments are used only on runs 
of over 1,000 impressions, ink being much cheaper than multigraph ribbons on long 
runs. Purchased from Schedule of General Supply Committee. 

Item The bureau publishes no journals, magazines, periodicals or similar publi¬ 
cations. The above equipment is used solely for printing form letters, memorandums, 
special bill forms and vouchers, special orders for ships, yards and stations under its 
cognizance. The number of copies range from 100 to 3,000. Impression paper costing 
approximately $0.88 per 1,000, size 8 by 10£ inches is generally used for this printing. 
Total cost for distribution, approximately $2.90 per 1,000. 

Item, 3 .—No addressing, folding, mailing machinery or other equipment is used for 
distribution of these forms, as the section concerned attends to distribution of same. 

Item 4 '—One male, detailed for setting the type for the multograph machine, also 
operates same and mimeograph machine in addition to issuing the bureau’s office 
supplies, the stencils for the mimeograph machine being cut by the section requiring 
the printing to be done. This operator, typesetter and assistant storekeeper being 
paid $1,100 per annum. 

Item 5.—The bureau has no employees engaged in any part of their time as desig¬ 
nated in paragraph 5. 


Item 6 .—Same as paragraph 5. 


C. C. Bloch, 
Acting Chief of Bureau. 


secretary’s office. 

Navy Department, 

Washington, March 22, 1920. 

Memorandum: 

The following information is furnished in regard to the inquiries 
contained in the letter of the Joint Committee on Printing of Feb¬ 
ruary 20, relative to mimeographs, multigraphs, etc., in the Sec¬ 
retary’s office: 

Item 1 .—One Edison rotary mimeograph equipped with self feeder; cost approxi¬ 
mately $160. 

Item 2 .—Used principally for circular letters to the bureaus and navy yards; also 
newspaper notices, samples of which are attached, 50 copies of each being issued. 
Annual cost, including paper, stencils, ink, etc., approximately $600. 

Item 3. —None. 

Item 4 .—One Marine Corps sergeant employed in the operation of the above mimeo¬ 
graph. 

Item 5 .—One special assistant to the Secretary of the Navy at $4,000 per annum 
engaged in gathering, writing, and furnishing to the newspapers matters of general 
information concerning naval activities. Employed under authority of the Sec¬ 
retary of the Navy and paid from appropriation “Temporary additional employees, 
Navy Department,” as contained in the legislative, executive, and judicial appro¬ 
priation act. 

One assistant (female) to the above-mentioned special assistant to the Secretary 
of the Navy at $1,100 per annum, employed under authority of the Secretary of the 
Navy and paid from the appropriation “Pay, Reservists transferred.” 

Item 6 .—Average of one news letter daily, averaging one page each. Fifty copies 
issued on cheap mimeograph paper. Distributed to the newspaper representatives 
in Washington. Samples attached hereto. 


Josephus Daniels. 



NAV¥ APARTMENT. 


55 


BUREAU OF SUPPLIES AND ACCOUNTS. 

Navy Department, 
Washington , March 17, 1920. 

To: The Secretary of the Navy. 

Subject: Public iPrinting and Binding; section 11 of Public Act 
No. 314, Sixty-fifth Congress. 

Reference: Circular letter of Secretary of the Navy dated February 
26, 1920. 

1 . Practically all publicity and other printed matter for the Bureau 
of Supplies and Accounts is printed at the Government Printing 
Office. On account of the delay in obtaining work from the Govern¬ 
ment Printing Office it has been necessary to have the schedules for 
the purchase of materials and for the sale of ships and materials 
mimeographed in Supplies and Accounts. Materials required or 
offered for sale are prepared in schedule form and are printed and 
distributed immediately from these schedules. To send this work to 
the Government Printing Office delays the distribution of the sched¬ 
ules from two weeks to 30 days. This work is of such a nature as 
to make it imperative that the schedules be distributed promptly. 

2 . The printing of these schedules in Supplies and Accounts is 
done by means of Edison rotary mimeographs and the only machinery 
and equipment required for this work is enumerated below, the 
paragraphs being assigned numbers corresponding to the item 
numbers mentioned in the above reference: 

Item, 1: 

2 Edison rotary mimeograph machines, motor driven, equipped with self- 

feeders; total cost.-. $280 

The following equipment is maintained for the preparation of stencils for the mimeo¬ 
graph machines and for the assembling and stapling of the schedules: 

4 stencil machines (Underwood typewriters), total cost. $250 

1 stapling machine, wire stitcher. 275 

3 desks, total cost. 120 

3 tables, total cost. "0 

8 chairs, about. ”5 

Item 2 .—The classes of work handled are of two kinds only: 

(a) Schedules for the purchase of materials. 

(b) Schedules for the sale of ships and materials. 

• An average of about 600 copies are printed of each schedule for the purchase of 
materials, and an average of about 5,000 for the sale of materials and vessels are printed. 

An average of about 500,000 sheets of schedules are printed and distributed monthly 
at an approximate cost of $6 per thousand sheets, including the cost of paper at 55 
cents per ream. 

Item 4 .-—Eight persons are employed in the operation and supervision of the ma¬ 
chines and equipment reported in paragraphs Nos. 1 and 3, designated as clerks and 
typists, each at a salary of $1,440 per annum. 

3. Paragraphs 3, *3, and 6 are not applicable to this report as the 
work of 'preparing the data for the schedules, folding, addressing, 
and mailing the schedules is done by the force in supplies and ac¬ 
counts regardless of whether the printing is done m supplies and 
accounts or the Government Printing Office. 


Samuel McGowan. 








56 


MIMEOGRAPHING AND MULTIGRAPHING. 


BUREAU OF YARDS AND DOCKS. 

Navy Department; 
Washington , D. C., March 8, 1920. 
From: Bureau of Yards and Docks. 

To: The Secretary of the Navy. 

Subject: Section 11 of Public Act No. 314, Sixty-fifth Congress, in 
re public printing and binding. 

Reference: Circular letter dated February 26, 1920, from the Sec¬ 
retary of the Navy. 

Inclosure: Report. (In duplicate.) 

1. In compliance with the instructions contained in reference, 
the Bureau attaches hereto, in duplicate, a report relative to its 
duplicating machines. An effort has been made to furnish, seriatim, 
the information requested under the caption “Items to be included 
in report.” 

2. Attention is invited to the fact that no mention is made of the 
Bureau’s mimeograph machines, which are used exclusively for 
“correspondence and office records.” 

R. E. Bakenhus, 

Assistant to Bureau. 


Item 1: 

(a) Number: 3. 

(b) Kind: Commercial duplicators. These operate on the principle of copies re¬ 
ceived from gelatinous rolls which have previously received inked imprints from 
typewritten sheets made by using a special kind of ribbon or carbon paper. 

(c) Location: Offices of the Bureau of Yards and Docks. 

(d) Cost (total): $285. 

( e ) Operation: Hand. 

(/) All bought prior to March 1, 1919. 

Item 2: 

(а) Used for producing public-works specifications. 

(б) Bureau issued in the six months from September 1,1919 to March 1, 1920, about 
90 specifications producing from 40 to 50 copies, with each specification averaging 
about 40 pages, i. e. 20 sheets of paper. 

(c) Cost, per specification, about $20. Total amount expended during this period 
for this purpose approximately $1,800. 

Item 3. —None. 

Item 4 •—Data relative to personnel all engaged part time only in the work reported 
under 1. 


Designation. 

Location. 

Compensa¬ 
tion total 
lor num¬ 
ber indi¬ 
cated. 

Fund. 

Typist../.. 

Bureau Yards and Docks... 

$4,320 

1,340 

4,510 

Reservists transferred. 

Do. 

Maintenance, Y ards and 
Docks. 

Clerk. 

Blue printers. 

.do. .. 




Items 5-6. —None. 

Note. —The use, for this purpose, of the machines upon which this report is sub¬ 
mitted was discontinued March 1, 1920. Their use will be restricted in the future to 
producing circular letters, notices, etc. 















POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT. 


Office of the Postmaster General, 

Washington , D. C., March 13, 1920. 

Hon. Reed Smoot, 

Chairman Joint Committee on Printing. 


My Dear Senator Smoot: Receipt is acknowledged of your cir¬ 
cular letter of February 20, advising that in its investigation of 
Government printing, the Joint Committee on Printing has ascer¬ 
tained that mimeographs, multigraphs, and other devices are now 
being used by the various Government departments and services and 
stating that before taking any action in regard to the substitutions 
for printing or reporting thereon to Congress your committee desires 
a report regarding such work now being done in this department. 

In reply I beg to inclose herewith a report containing the informa¬ 
tion and data requested by you. 

With reference to addressograph work done in this department the 
following will give you some idea of its character and scope: A com¬ 
plete set of envelopes for use in mailing the Postal Bulletin is run 
each day (5,100 addresses); twice a month or oftener warning cards 
in re stolen money orders addressed to postmasters in certain States; 
once a month or oftener envelopes are addressed to postmasters at 
offices having rural delivery routes; once a month envelopes are 
addressed in which warrants are mailed in payment for star route 
service (10,776 addresses); lists are printed on journal sheets, tally 
sheets, cash-account and stock-account sheets (with the necessary 
carbon copies) in order to facilitate work of the clerks and typists who 
make up such sheets in the various divisions of the department; for 
the Division of Railway Adjustments journal sheets containing the 
names of carriers (correct corporate titles and route numbers) on all 
railroad, electric car, and power-boat routes are run during each 
quarter; for the Division of Rural Mails similar journal sheets are 
run each month containing all star route carriers' names and route 
numbers, and for the Division of Postal Savings all post offices which 
are postal-savings depositories are listed each month on tally sheets, 
cash-account sheets and stock-account sheets (6,000 offices, or 18,000 
in all). Also for this division the depository banks (5,500) are listed 
each month on tally sheets. 

In regard to the multigraph and mimeograph work done in this 
department, I would say that the majority of these jobs range from 
50 to 4,000 copies each. When a request is received for this charac¬ 
ter of work calling for 5,000 copies or more it is the practice to send 
same to the Government Printing Office, unless it is a special rush job. 

In this connection I would state that if this work is transferred to 
the Government Printing Office, it will not only seriously handicap 
the department and its administration of the Postal Service but it 
will undoubtedly impose additional expense upon it. Fime 
quickness of delivery is one of the principal factors entering into this 

57 



58 


MIMEOGRAPHING AND MULTIGRAPHING. 


class of work. The most of this work is of such a nature that it can 
not be anticipated. If this work was done at the Government 
Printing Office, it would be necessary for the department to send 
the requisitions to the Government Printing Office; for the Govern¬ 
ment Printing Office to send a proof; for this department to return 
the proof; and for the Government Printing Office to make final 
delivery, necessarily resulting in delay and added expense in the use 
of messenger and delivery service. The use of mimeographs, multi¬ 
graphs, addressographs, etc., which are purely labor-saving devices 
enables the department to get along with a much less stenographic, 
typewriter, and clerical force. 

Sincerely, yours, 

A. S. Burleson, 
Postmaster General. 


REPORT REGARDING MIMEOGRAPH, MULTIGRAPH, ADDRESSOGRAPH, ETC., WORK AND 
EQUIPMENT, POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT. 

Item 1 .—The following equipment, purchased prior to March 1, 1919, from the 
appropriation for “Miscellaneous items,” which is a regular annual appropriation 
carried in the legislative appropriation bill and which permits the department to 
purchase labor-saving devices, etc., is located in the office of the chief clerk, main 
Post Office Department Building, Twelfth Street and Pennsylvania NW. Cost 


2 No. 3 automatic feed multigraph presses (motor driven). 

2 No. 4 multigraph, hand feed (hand driven)...—. 

2 compotypes.... 

1 mimeograph No. 78, automatic feed, motor drive. 

.each.. 

$175 

300 

175 

140 

1 mimeograph No 78, automatic feed, hand drive (now motor driven) 


84 

1 mimeoscope ... . 


40 

2 No. 2 photostat machines. 

.each.. 

850 


In addition to the above equipment, since March 1, 1919, the following equipment 
has been purchased from the appropriation for “Miscellaneous items:” Cost 


1 motor for mimeograph No. 78, automatic feed, hand-driven machine. $72. 00 

1 printer’s ink attachment for No. 3 multigraph machine purchased from the 

General Supply Committee. (50. 00 

1 printer’s ink attachment and a small quantity of metal type purchased from 

the American Multigraph Sales Co. 196. 45 

The metal type used on the multigraph machines is set by means of compotypes 
and by hand, the bulk of the work being done by the compotypes. When set by 
hand, it is set on tubes and transferred to segmental drums. 

Item 2 .—There is attached hereto, marked “Exhibit A,” a sample of each of the 107 
multigraph jobs turned out during the month of October, showing the number of 
copies and the total cost, including paper, of each job. It will be noted that 94 of 
these jobs were printed by ribbons, with a total of 162,600 impressions at a total cost 
of $343.64, and that 13 jobs were printed on the printer’s ink attachment, with a total 
of 46,500 impressions and at a total cost of $83.50, including paper stock. 

Exhibit B, attached hereto, contains a sample of each of the 143 mimeograph jobs 
representing a month’s work, showing the approximate number of copies of each and 
the total cost, including paper. This mimeograph work was printed from type¬ 
written stencils on the two mimeograph machines, with a total of 145,950 impressions 
and at a total cost of $246.32, including paper stock. 

The photostats are used only in making exact copies of maps, drawings, legal docu¬ 
ments, etc. This work has averaged about 250 copies a month for the past six months, 
at a cost of approximately $57.30 per month. The department does not make photo¬ 
stat copies of typewritten matter unless there is special reason therefor. 

Item 3 .—The following addressograph equipment, purchased prior to March 1, 1919, 
from the appropriation for “Miscellaneous items, ” which is a regular annual appro¬ 
priation carried in the legislative appropriation bill and which permits the depart¬ 
ment to purchase labor-saving devices, etc., is located in the office of the chief clerk, 
main Post Office Department Building, Twelfth and Pennsylvania Avenue NW.: 















POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT. 


59 


Cost. 

I automatic No. 3 addressograph machine. $650 

1 automatic No. 3 addressograph machine.... 850 

2 Model F-], hand feed, addressograph machines.each.. 175 

1 Model F-l, hand feed, addressograph machine... 225 

1 graphotype machine (motor driven). 350 

1 No. 17 folding machine (motor driven).. 261 

1 Model 19 folding machine (motor driven). 215 

1 standard sealing machine, Model M (motor driven). 120 


Item 4.—There is given below a statement showing the number of persons employed 
in the operation and supervision of the machines and equipment reported on under 
paragraphs Nos. 1 and 3. 


No. 

Designation. 

Location. 

Compensation. 

2 

Clerks, class 2. 

Main Post Office Department Building 
.do .. .. 

SI,300 each, basic salary. 

SI,200 each, basic salary. 
$1,100 basic salary. 

$840 basic salary. 

3 

Clerks, class 1. 

1 

Clerk, class 1. 

.do... 

1 

Messenger. 

.do. 





One of the clerks of class 2, at $1,300, has immediate supervision over the above 
■employees and equipment. 

Item .5.—The Post Office Department has no organization for seeking publicity. 
Information is furnished the public usually through the Division of Correspondence, 
which consists of a chief whose salary is $2,000 a year, with assistance detailed from 
time to time. 

Item 6 .—Requests for information, specific or general, relative to departmental 
matters for publication in books, periodicals, or newspapers, or for use of educational 
institutions and organizations of various sorts, are generally referred to the Division 
of Correspondence. In addition to information furnished by direct request announce¬ 
ments are made through this division of official action deemed to be of general public 
interest which is not a part of the daily routine. Volunteered general announcements 
are not made frequently or with any regularity. There might be two or three in one 
day, or none at all for several weeks. The normal yearly average is probably below 
50. Special requests for information—which are not matters of record—are numerous, 
varying from 5 or 6 to perhaps 50 a day. Information is furnished verbally, by 
letter correspondence, and by mimeographed bulletins. Approximately 15 reams of 
cheaper grade paper is used during six months for mimeographed bulletins. 





























TREASURY DEPARTMENT. 


Treasury Department, 

Washington, March 17, 1920. 

Hon. Reed Smoot, 

Chairman , Joint Committee on Printing. 

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your inquiry 
of February 20 concerning the use by the Treasury Department of 
mimeograph, multigraph, and similar equipment for printing and 
production of publicity matter. In reply I beg to inclose reports from 
the various bureaus of the Treasury Department which maintain 
equipment of the nature mentioned, together with samples of the 
work done by the machines in question. 

No mention has been made of blue-print or photostat devices, as 
it is not believed that these come within the field covered by your 
letter. The blue-print equipment is used by the Office of the Super¬ 
vising Architect for reproducing working drawings embracing plans 
of public buildings, etc. The photostat equipjnent is used in pro¬ 
ducing photographic copies of paid .vouchers, checks, etc., desired by 
disbursing officers of the Government to substantiate payments; also 
for the prosecution of suits involving the Internal Revenue, War Risk, 
and other bureaus of the department. The use of this machine results 
in great saving of labor and eliminates the necessity for copying, 
papers, etc., b}^ typewriter, which would hardly furnish satisfactory 
evidence, especially in cases of forgery, etc. This equipment is not 
used in making a large number of copies and does not in any way 
conflict with work that might be done by the Government Printing 
Office. 

If your committee desires information as to this class of equipment, 
same will be promptly furnished if you will advise me that it is 
desired. 

A separate report covering the field service of the department will 
be submitted before April 15, as requested in your letter. 

Respectfully, 

D. F. Houston, Secretary. 


CHIEF CLERK AND SUPERINTENDENT. 

Treasury Department, 

Washington, March 18, 1920. 

Memorandum for the Secretary: 

In reply to your letter of February 25 relative to devices used by 
the office of the chief clerk in the production of publicity matter and 
printing, I respectfully submit the following information: 

Item, 1 .—The mimeograph service section, office of the chief clerk, has the fol¬ 
lowing equipment: 

5 A. B. Dick Co. mimeograph machines, equipped with self-feeders and operated 
by motor, located in room 47, Treasury Building. The machines cost as 
follows: 2 at $140 each; 2 at $145 each; and 1 at $160. 

60 


$730 





TREASURY DEPARTMENT. 


61 


Item 2 .—The work performed by the mimeograph service section consists of mimeo¬ 
graphing office memorandums, schedules and tables of statistics, form letters, record 
forms and other work used in connection with the routine of the department. The 
number of copies requested varies from 50 to 5,000, but the average is approximately 
300. The paper used for this work is the ordinary low-grade mimeograph paper. 
Samples of the work are inclosed. 

Item 3 .—The distribution department, office of the chief clerk, has the following 
equipment, located at 228 First Street NW.: 

1 A3-C automatic addressograph machine, No. 280, motor driven.$1,000 

1 O-G graphotype, No. 2616, motor driven. 350 

1 H3-C hand addressograph. 65 

4 mailometer sealing machines, motor driven.each.. 205 

2 universal No. 17 folders, motor driven, cost $315 and $225, respectfully (1 

folder was purchased from the General Supplv Committee, second-hand, for 
$225).:. 540 

6 Wing-Horton mailing machines, No. 2, hand operated. 165 

The above equipment was purchased from “Expenses of loans, act September 24, 
1917, as amended.” 


Item 4-—{d) The mimeograph service section is composed of the following em¬ 
ployees, their salaries being paid from “Expenses of loans, act September 24, 1917, 
as amended 


1 supervisor, room 154, Treasury Building. $1,800 

1 stenographer and typist, Treasury Building. 1, 400 

1 typist and file clerk, Treasury Building. 1, 200 

1 mimeograph operator, room 47, Treasury Building. 840 

2 mimeograph operators, room 47, Treasury Building. 720 

1 mimeograph operator, room 47, Treasury Building. 600 


( b ) The distribution department has the following employees, used in the operation 
of the machinery or equipment described under paragraph 3, above, payable from 
“Expenses of loans, act September 24, 1917”: 

0 ^ , , /$ 1 , 200.00 

2 addressograph operators. < ’ g 4 Q qq 

3 helpers..per hour.. .45 

Item 5 .—There are no persons engaged in gathering, writing, or editing publicity 
or press matter in this office. 


Item 6 .—No publicity or press matter issued. 


The office of the chief clerk maintains no field service. 
Respectfully submitted. 

W. G. Platt, Chief Clerk . 


UNITED STATES COAST GUARD. 


Treasury Department, 

Washington, March 15, 1920. 


Chief Clerk, 

Treasury Department. 

Subject: Treasury Department Circular Letter No. 94, 1920. 

Sir: 1 . In accordance with instructions contained in Treasury De¬ 
partment Circular Letter No. 94, dated February 25, 1920, there is 
transmitted statement setting forth the information desired by the 
Joint Committee of Congress on Printing. 

Respectfully, 

W. E. Reynolds, Commandant. 
















62 


MIMEOGRAPHING AND MULTIGRAPHING. 


INFORMATION REQUIRED BY THE JOINT COMMITTEE OF CONGRESS ON PRINTING IN 

RELATION TO THE USE OF THE MIMEOGRAPH, MULTIGRAPH, ETC., AT COAST GUARD 

HEADQUARTERS. 

Item 1 .— (a) One multigraph, cost $918.80, motor-driven, self-feeding, automatic 
ink roller, metal type, type set by hand. 

( b ) One mimeograph, cost unknown (purchased by Treasury Department), motor- 
driven, self-feeding, automatic ink roller. 

Item 2 .—During the past six months approximately 858 reams of letter size paper 
and 5 reams of cap size have been run on multigraph and mimeograph, approximately 
17,000 envelopes and 10,500 cards have been run through multigraph. 

(а) Multigraph work: Office forms run off as circumstances may require; see samples 

attached. * 

(б) Mimeograph work: Coast Guard Weekly Bulletin, 750 copies per week, run on 
stock mimeograph paper 8 by 10£, as per sample attached. Coast Guard circular 
letters issued as circumstances may require—800 copies of each circular run on stock 
mimeograph paper 8 by 10b, as per sample. Form letters run for use at headquarters 
as circumstances may require, as per sample. 

Item 3 .—One motor-driven addressograph, together with graphotype machine for 
cutting stencils; cost complete, $1,168.13; purchased by authority of commandant. 

Item A .—Two men. 

(а) Multigraph and mimeograph operated by one enlisted man (ship’s writer); com¬ 
pensation, including pay and all allowances, $89 per month, paid from appropriation 
for Coast Guard. 

(б) Addressograph operated by one enlisted man (ship’s writer); compensation, $89 
per month, paid from appropriation for Coast Guard. 

Item 5 .—One commissioned officer, captain; compensation, including all allow¬ 
ances, $395 per month; engaged part of time. 

Item 6 .—Coast Guard Bulletin, 750 copies per week run on mimeograph and dis¬ 
tributed to all Coast Guard units. Regular stock mimeograph paper used, size 8 by 
10£ inches. 


COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY. 

Treasury Department, 

Washington, March 10, 1920. 

Mr. W. G. Platt, 

Chief Clerk, Treasury Department. 

Sir: In compliance with circular letter No. 94, dated February 25 r 
1920, the information requested is submitted herewith. 

Item 1 .—One Rotary multigraph machine run by motor, automatic inking roller 
attachment, using metal type. Approximate cost $570. Ink roller device pur¬ 
chased by requisition on the chief clerk of the department since March 1, 1919, for 
$176.91. 

Two mimeograph machines run by motor. These machines are located in room 
225. 

Item 2. —Multigraph: All letters are printed on letterheads, size 8 by 10£ inches. 
During the last six months approximately the following letters have been printed: 

Letters announcing call for statement of condition and instructions on reports. 95, 800 


Office form letters and index cards..*. 74, 925 

Circular letters. 300,100 

Mimeograph: Press statements, bulletins, etc. 109,300 


It is not practicable to estimate the cost of so preparing these statements, but the 
use of these machines is more expeditious and economical than having the work 
printed. 

Item 3 .—-One graphotype, one addressograph, one folding machine located in room 
225, cost price not available. One sealing machine located in room 211, purchased 
last November by requisition on the chief clerk of the department at a cost of $95. 






TREASURY DEPARTMENT. 63 

Item 4 .—One multigraph operator, salary $1,200, regular roll, room 225. One 
laborer, salary $660, regular roll, room 225. 

Items 5-6 .—All statements issued from this office to the press and forwarded to 
national banks and, at intervals, to banks other than national, relative to the con¬ 
dition of national banks and the development of the national banking system, are 
prepared and edited personally by the comptroller. 

Statements are sent from this bureau from time to time showing— 

1. The condition of national banks as disclosed by reports of condition (called for 
in accordance with sec. 5211. U. S. R. S.). 

2 . Applications to organize new national banks, new charters issued, charters 
extended, etc., and the general growth, otherwise, of the national banking system. 

3. All other matter of interest to bankers of the country and the general public. 

These statements are mailed, directly from the comptroller’s office, official franked 

mail, generally to the national banks of the country and to the leading newspapers, 
and at intervals to State banking institutions. 

Office letterheads, and the usual paper furnished for multigraph work by the 
Division of Printing and Stationery, General Supply Committee, Schedule Item 
No. 1337, are used in this work. 

It would not be practicable to have this work printed in the 
usual course at the Government Printing Office, because the subject 
matter would be stale—even though the work is done “Rush”— 
before delivery could be made. Moreover, all statements of this 
kind are usually one page or less of typewritten matter and can be 
prepared, it is thought, at considerably less cost than at the Govern¬ 
ment Printing Office. 

Respectfully, 

T. P. Kane, Deputy Comptroller. 


BUREAU OF ENGRAVING AND PRINTING. 

Treasury Department, 

Washington , D. C., March 10,1920. 

Chief Clerk, 

Treasury Department. 

Sir: In reply to circular letter No. 94, dated February 25, 1920, 
relative to the request of the Joint Committee of Congress on printing, 
for a statement as to the extent to which mimeographs, multigraphs, 
and other devices are being used bv the various Government depart¬ 
ments, I beg to report as follows: 

Item 1 .—There are in use in this bureau one motor-driven rotary mimeograph, No. 
78, and one hand-operated graphic duplicator. No metal type is used on either of 
these machines, both of which were purchased prior to March 1, 1919. The cost of 
the mimeograph was $140 and of the graphic duplicator $15, purchased under appro¬ 
priation for materials and miscellaneous expenses, Bureau of Engraving and Printing. 

Item 2. —These machines are used for circular writing within the bureau. A large 
assortment of samples is inclosed herewith. No journals, magazines, periodicals, or 
other similar publications are printed in this bureau from these or other machines. 

Item 3 .—There is in use for listing pay rolls one addressograph purchased in 1912 
for $646.80. 

Item 4— One clerk is employed approximately five days per month in listing the 
various monthly and semimonthly pay rolls, and one typist and one messenger on an 
average of 15 minutes per day operating the mimeograph and graphic duplicator. 

Item 5 .—No persons are engaged either part or all of their time in gathering, writing, 
or editing publicity or press matter. 

Respectfully, 


James L. Wilmeth, Director. 



64 


MIMEOGRAPHING AND MULTIGRAPHING. 


FARM LOAN BOARD. 


Treasury Department, 
Washington , March J, 1920. 


Mr. W. G. Platt, 

Chief Cleric , Treasury Department. 

Dear Sir: Your circular letter, No. 94, lias been received. 

There is very little machinery in this bureau for doing work that 
might be done at the Government Printing Office. We have in this 
bureau one long-carriage typewriter for cutting stencils for mimeo¬ 
graph work. The original cost of this -machine was $85. We also 
have one Edison mimeograph machine for running off these stencils, 
the original cost of which v 7 as $145. Neither of these machines has 
been purchased since March 1, 1919. 

This bureau cuts and prints stencils for the monthly reports of the 
Federal and joint stock land banks. These reports are required by 
the Federal farm loan act. The stencil work covers practically 40 
pages, 8J- by 14 inches each. Of these pages we print 100 each of 35 
of them and 400 each of 5 of them, making a total of about 5,500 
sheets each month. Samples of these pages are inclosed herewith. 

Occasionally a letter is also mimeographed and printed where it is 
more economical to do so than to have it printed or multigraphed at 
the Printing Office or to have letters individually written by stenog¬ 
raphers. Our whole aim in this work is to do it the most efficiently 
and in the most economical way. 

This bureau has no addressing, folding, or mailing machinery. It 
neither gathers nor publishes matter for publicity, usin^ only a sum¬ 
mary of the business done by the Federal and joint stock land banks. 

In operating the stencil and mimeograph machinery no special 
employees are engaged. The w r ork is done as a part of the duties of 
tw r o regular employees of the bureau. 

In response to your request, this statement is furnished in duplicate. 


Very truly yours, 


W. W. Flannagan, 
Secretary Farm Loan Board. 


internal revenue. 

Treasury Department, 

Washington , March 11, 1920. 

Chief Clerk, 

Treasury Department. 

Sir: In compliance with your request of February 25, there is 
inclosed a statement giving data desired by the Joint Committee on 
Printing relating to duplicating equipment in use in the Bureau of 
Internal Revenue. This statement merely gives the facts called for. 
It is assumed, however, that in its report the department will explain 
to the Joint Committee on Printing the necessity for maintaining 
equipments of this kind in the several bureaus and services of the 
Treasury Department. 

Respectfully, 


C. B. Hurrey, 
Deputy Commissioner. 



TREASURY DEPARTMENT. 


65 


Items 1 and 3: 


Num¬ 

ber. 

Kind of machine. 

Cost 

com¬ 

plete. 

Equipped with— 

Kind of 
type. 

Method of set¬ 
ting type. 

Power. 

Feed. 

Inking device. 

1 

Mimeograph. 

880.00 

Hand. 

Hand. 

Fountain. 

Stencil.... 

Prepared on 








typewriter. 

6 

.do. 

1,080.00 

Motor. 

Automatic 

.do. 

. ..do. 

Do. 

8 

Multigraph.... 

4,380.00 

...do... 

. .do. 

Automatic ink 

Metal 

Gravity. 




rollers 


1 

Addressograph__ 

268.50 

_do... 

Hand . 

Automatic ink 

Metal plate 

Prepared on 






pad. 

graphotype. 

1 

Graphotvpe. 

325.00 

.. do. 





3 

Mimeoscone. 

98.00 






2 

Wire stitchers. 

443.45 

Motor. 





1 

Sealing. 

95.00 

.. .do... 

Automatic 




1 

Folding. 

275.00 

...do... 

...do... 




1 

Tving (Bunn). 

600.00 

...do .. 

Hand. 




1 

Paper cutter. 

99.17 

Hand. 














The above machinery is located in Bureau of Internal Revenue, Treasury Depart¬ 
ment. Miscellaneous accessories, etc., used in connection with the above equipment, 
estimated cost, $1,500. 

The following equipment was purchased since March 1,1919, by authority: “Current 
legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation act”: 

4 No. 36 multigraphs. 1 mimeograph. 

2 No. 39 Flexo typesetters. 1 mimeoscope. 

2 wire stitchers. 

Item 2: 


Class. 

Kind of work. 

Approxi¬ 

mate 

number of 
impres¬ 
sions per 
month. 

Estimated 
cost, in¬ 
cluding 
paper, on 
a monthly 
basis. 

A 

Mimeograph letters, Treasury decisions, memorandums, etc. 

600,000 

8750 

R 

Mimeogranh forms etc . 

400,000 

450 

c 

Multigraph form letters. 

300,000 

400 

n 

Multigraph forms, etc.. 

200,000 

225 





Samples of each class of work are attached hereto. 

Item 4.—Two supervisors, six multigraph operators, six mimeograph operators, 
three stencil cutters, one addressograph and graphotype operator, one messenger. 
Total compensation, $24,420; appropriation, “Collecting war revenue.” 

Item 5 — Only one employee in the Bureau of Internal Revenue is engaged on this 
class of work. This employee is the “private secretary” to the Commissioner of 
Internal Revenue, located in the office of the commissioner, Treasury Building, 
Washington, D. C., his compensation is $1,800 per annum, and his position is a statu¬ 
tory one, provided for in the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation act. 

Item 6 .—News and informative articles relating to rulings and regulations issued by 
the Bureau of Internal Revenue in its enforcement of the revenue and prohibition 
laws, the nature of which require that they be given immediate or a 12 or 24 hour 
release are mimeographed. The number of such articles varies. During the ‘‘income- 
tax campaign” (from Jan. 1 to Mar. 15) they average four or five weekly They are 
distributed through the press associations and Washington correspondents. The 
number of copies of such articles mimeographed is usually from 150 to 200. About 
1,000 sheets of mimeograph paper, 8 by 10£ inches in size, weighing about 4} pounds 
per ream, is used per week. For six months the amount would be about 26,000 sheets 
(210 pounds), costing about $30. . . 

In its 1920 campaign to inform taxpayers of the requirements of the income-tax 
laws and to urge prompt filing of returns and payment of the tax (thus avoiding a 
mass of correspondence), press and publicity matter for release a week or more later 
than the day of mailing was printed at the Government Printing Office. The accom¬ 
panying sheets, “Income Tax Facts You Should Know,” were sent to 2,500 daily 
newspapers. The mailing lists of. other branches of the service were utilized for this 
purpose, as the bureau does not maintain press mailing lists. 


172219—20-5 
























































66 


MIMEOGRAPHING AND MULTIGRAPHING. 


PRINTING AND STATIONERY. 


Treasury Department, 

Washington, March 10, 1920. 


The Chief Clerk and Superintendent. 

Sir: Acknowledgment is made of the receipt of your circular letter 
of February 25, 1920, requesting a statement advising as to the 
extent to which mimeograph, multigraph, and other duplicating 
devices are employed in the Division of Printing and Stationery, 
together with other data relating to the same. 

In response, there is transmitted, in duplicate, the information 
desired—numbered in accordance with corresponding paragraphs of 


the circular letter. 

Respectfully, 


F. F. Weston, 

Chief Division of Printing and Stationery. 


REPORT ON MIMEOGRAPHS, MULTIGRAPHS, AND OTHER DEVICES. 


jl tail ±. 

2 automatic multigraph machines, complete, electric drive, self-feeders, 

equipped for use of inked ribbons; metal type (not printer’s type) which 
is set with the use of a composing tube (second floor, 1412 Pennsylvania 
Avenue), at $435.25..$870.50 

3 Flexo typesetters, complete (second floor, 1412 Pennsylvania Avenue), 

at $71.25 .. ...... ..-. : . 213.75 

111.6 M type for multigraph machine (imitation typewriter) purchased 
in December, 1919, at $3. 334. 8 q 

Note. —This type was purchased to replace former equipment worn out. Pur¬ 
chased by the chief clerk under general authority from the appropriation for “Labor- 
saving machines and supplies for the same.” 

Item 2. —Multigraph machines have been employed in the production of form letters 
and small forms for the use of the secretary’s office and bureaus of the department 
which have no multigraph equipment of their own. For the six months ended 
February 28, 1920, there were multigraphed 642 jobs, average edition 1,757 copies, 
as follows: 


Form letters (copies). 715, 800 

Small forms (copies). 414,150 


Total. 1,129,950 

Samples herewith. 

Cost of paper for above— . $1, 437.41 

Cost of the work: 

Salaries, two operators, six months. 1, 000.00 

Ribbons. 90.00 

Oil, gasoline, sundries. 8.00 

Electric current.Unknown. 


The Division of Printing and Stationery does not do mimeographing or lithographing. 
The multigraph machines in use are equipped with ribbons for printing and do not 
use automatic ink rollers or other devices similar to regular printing presses. 


Item 3: 

1 A-l automatic feed addressograph, electric drive (second floor, 1412 Pennsyl¬ 
vania Avenue). $250.00 

1 F-l hand feed addressograph, electric drive (second floor, 1412 Pennsyl¬ 
vania Avenue). 175.00 

1 graphotype, electric drive (second floor, 1412 Pennsylvania Avenue). 350.00 

200 trays. 100.00 

50 M plates.. 375.00 




















TREASURY DEPARTMENT. 


67 


Note.— No folding or mailing machinery maintained. The mailing lists are used 
for official business only. Besides the list of National banks (7,981) there are a number 
of small lists of Treasury officials of the outside services of the Department. No list 
for the public maintained. 


Item 4: 

2 multigraph machine operators, at $1,000. 

1 addLressograph and graphotype operator. 

1 assistant addressograph and graphotype operator. 

(Operators employed at 1412 Pennsylvania Avenue.) 
Items 5-6. —None. 


*$ 2 , 000.00 
1, 200.00 
660.00 


PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE. 

Treasury Department, 

Washington , March 15, 1920. 

The Secretary of the Treasury. 

^ IR: I h ave honor to acknowledge receipt of Treasury Depart¬ 
ment Circular Letter No ; 94, dated February 25, 1920, requesting 
certain information relative to the use of multigraph, mimeograph 
and lithograph machines, to be submitted in a report to the Joint 
Committee on Printing. 

. Herewith is inclosed, in duplicate, the report of this bureau, set¬ 
ting forth the information desired, together with samples of each 
individual class of work. 

This report covers the activities of the entire bureau in Washing¬ 
ton, in so far as the production of vast quantities of publicity matter 
and printing is concerned. 

Respectfully, 

H. S. Cumming, Surgeon General. 


March 13, 1920. 

The following information is submitted, numbered in accordance 
with the paragraphs set forth in the request from the Joint Com¬ 
mittee on Printing: 


REPORT ON MULTIGRAPHS, MIMEOGRAPHS, AND OTHER DEVICES FOR PRINTING. 
[For the information of the joint committee in its investigation of Government printing.] 

Item 1 —Multigraph and mimeograph equipment maintained in the Divisions of 
yenereal Diseases, and used for purposes as outlined in department circular letter 
onsists of: « 


1 multigraph printer, purchased under department approval of Oct. 30, 1918; 

cost. 

1 flexotype typesetter for multigraph, purchased under department approval. 

Oct. 30, 1918; cost. 

1 ruling equipment for multigraph, purchased under department approval of 

Oct. 30, 1918; cost. 

Type and type banks for typesetter, purchased under department approval of 

Oct. 30, 1918; cost.f. .. 

1 signature attachment for multigraph, purchased under department approval 

of June 8, 1918; cost. 

1 motor for multigraph, purchased under department approval of June 8, 1918; 

cost. 

1 mimeograph, motor driven, purchased under department approval of Aug 

15, 1918; cost...7. 

1 Halco reinking device for reinking multigraph ribbons; cost. 


$240 

80 

55 

53 

50 

25 

140 

25 


1 From “expenses of loans; ” others from provisions of legislative act. 
















68 


MIMEOGRAPHING AND MULTIGRAPHING. 


Mimeograph equipment maintained in the bureau proper, and used 
for purposes as outlined in department circular letter, consists of: 

1 No. 78, Edison, rotary mimeograph, motor driven, purchased from List of 

Awards 1914, Aug, 18, 1913; cost. $75 

None of the equipment listed above has been purchased since March 1, 1919. 

Item 2. —The following classes of material are printed with the multigraph and 
mimeograph equipment maintained in the Division of Venereal Diseases. 

(a) Circular letters to field employees, State health officers, and selected mailing 
lists, outlining various phases of the Government’s work for prevention of venereal 
diseases, and seeking to enlist cooperation. 

(b) Questionnaires and report blanks circulated for the purpose of securing infor¬ 
mation and statistics. 

(c) Circulars of information and instruction to employees in Washington and in 
the field. 

(d ) Abstracts and bibliographies of articles appearing in current scientific litera¬ 
ture relative to the venereal diseases, for the information of health officers and others 
engaged in venereal disease control. 

(e) Return post cards and return envelopes for securing information relative to 
venereal disease control problems. 

(/) Outlines of work undertaken for the prevention of venereal diseases, including 
suggested methods and plans for educational, medical, and law-enforcement work 
among various groups of the population. 

( g ) Programs for conferences on sex education in schools, arranged by the Public 
Health Service in cooperation with the Bureau of Education. 

(h) Miscellaneous duplicate letter work as required. 

Samples of the foregoing classes of work are submitted herewith. It is impossible 
to give figures as to the number of copies issued, because of the large number of letters, 
circulars, etc., issued in comparatively small quantities, of which no record is avail¬ 
able. It is certain, however, that the use of these machines has resulted in a material 
saving in the cost of services for typewriting. 

The following class of material is printed with the mimeograph equipment in the 
bureau proper: 

(a) Health News. An edition of 2,500 issued weekly to newspapers. Sample of 
this class of work is submitted herewith. 

Nothing in the nature of a journal, magazine, or periodical is multigraphed in this 
bureau. 

Item 3. —There is no addressing machinery maintained in the bureau. 

The following folding and mailing machinery is used in the Division of Venereal 
Diseases: 


1 Universal folding machine, purchased under department approval of Jan. 20, 

1919; cost. $305 

1 Multipost sealing machine (for sealing envelopes), purchased under depart¬ 
ment approval of Jan. 20, 1919; cost. 125 


Item 4 .—One multigraph and mimeograph operator is employed in the Division of 
Venereal Diseases, with compensation of $1,440 per annum. He also operates folding 
and sealing machine. This compensation is paid from the appropriation “ Expenses, 
Division of Venereal Diseases, Public Health Service.” 

In the bureau proper the mimeograph machine is operated by a laborer, with 
compensation of $660 per annum, and is paid from the statutory appropriation 
‘‘Legislative roll.” 

Item 5 .—One assistant director of educational work devotes a portion of his time 
to the preparation of educational material relating to venereal disease problems, in 
brief and plain style suitable for use by newspaper and other periodicals. Com¬ 
pensation of this employee is $3,000 per annum, and is paid from the appropriation 
“Expenses, Division of Venereal Diseases, Public Health Service.” He was 
appointed March 25, 1919, by authority of the Secretary of the Treasury. 

Item 6 .—Not more than half a dozen items such as described in the preceding 
paragraph have been issued by the Division of Venereal Diseases during the past 
six months, and the quantity of paper used did not exceed 10,000 sheets. 

H. S. Cumming, Surgeon General. 





TREASURY DEPARTMENT. 


69 


SUPERVISING ARCHITECT. 


Chief Clerk, 

Treasury Department . 
Sir: The following report 
No. 94 dated February 25, 
correspond with those in the 


Treasury Department, 

Washington , March 10, 1920. 


is submitted in reply to circular letter 
1920, paragraphs being numbered to 
circular. 


Item 1: 


1 multigraph machine, self-feeder, with accessories, approximately.. $400 

1 mimeograph machine, self-feeder______ .. 80 

1 mimeograph machine, self-feeder (purchased June 19, 1919, authority of 
Assistant Secretary)....... 140 


All machines are operated by motor. No machines are equipped with automatic 
ink rollers. Metal type is used. Typesetter used in connection with multigraph 
machine. 


Item 2 .—Class of work produced by multigraph machine: 

The paper used weighs 4.95 pounds to the ream of 500 sheets and costs $0.14 per 
pound. About 55,000 sheets of paper, or 110 reams, at $0.14 per pound, cost $15.40, 
were used. Of this amount, approximately 50 reams were used for circular letters 
and the balance for stock letters. Samples of the work referred to are attached. 

Class of work produced by mimeograph machines: 

Minor specifications generally; but sometimes major specifications, when the latter 
is so urgent that sufficient time can not be allowed for having the work done by the 
Public Printer; circulars, when small quantities are required; stock letter especially 
for the field force; and bills of quantities and specifications when the quantity survey 
system is used. 

The paper used weighs 5.35 pounds to the ream of 500 sheets, and costs 14 cents per 
pound, or $0.0015 per sheet. For the proposal sheets thin paper is used that runs 2 
pounds to the ream and costs 21^ cents per pound, or $0.00086 p,er sheet. The wax 
stencils cost $3.15 for 24 sheets, or $0.13f per sheet. 


Cost table materials in minor specifications. 
[Average of 50 copies each.] 


6 wax stencils cut at $0.13£ per sheet. $0. 7875 

50 by 5 by $0.0015 for heavy new sheets. . 3750 

50 by 4 by $0.0015 for heavy stock sheets. . 3000 

50 by 2 by $0.00086 for thin proposal sheets. . 0860 


Cost per average specification. 1. 5485 

Approximately 97 minor specifications written during last 6 
months, total cost materials... 150. 2035 

Cost table materials in major specifications. 

[Average of 50 copies each.] 

9 wax stencil sheets at $0.13| per sheet.*. $1.18125 

50 by 8 by $0.0015 for heavy new sheets... . 60000 

50 by 7 by $0.0015 for heavy stock sheets. . 52500 

50 by 2 by $0.00086 for thin paper (proposal sheets')... . 08600 


Cost per average specification. 2. 39225 

Approximately 23 major specifications written during last 6 
months, total cost materials. 55. 02175 

Cost table materials in circulars (stock letters). 

[Connection field force.] 

10 wax stencils at $0.13| per sheet. $1- 3125 

2,000 heavy sheets at $0.0015 per sheet. 3. 0000 

3,000 thin sheets at $0.00086 per sheet. 2. 5800 


Total cost materials, circulars, past 6 months. 6. 8925 
























70 


MIMEOGRAPHING AND MULTIGRAPHING. 


Cost table materials in quantity survey system specification. 

[Average of 40 copies each of materials and 35 each of labor specifications.] 

Material specifications: 

3 wax stencils at $0.13| per sheet by 32. $12. 60000 

2 by 32 by 40 heavy new sheets at $0.0015 per sheet.. 3. 84000 

3 by 32 by 40 heavy stock sheets at $0.0015 per sheet. 5. 76000 

2 by 32 by 40 thin proposals sheets at $0.00086 per sheet. 2. 20160 

2 by 32 by 40 blue prints at $0.02 per sheet (includes labor). 51. 20000 

Labor specifications: 

18 stencils at $0.13| per sheet. 2. 36250 

18 by 35 heavy new sheets at $0.0015. . 94500 

64 by 35 blue prints at $0.02 per sheet (includes labor). 44. 80000 


123. 71010 

Cost per average specification (approximately 5 specifications 
written last 6 months). 618. 55050 

Cost table materials in average specification ivritten for ME division. 

[Average of 40 copies each.] 

1 wax stencil sheets, at $0.13f. $0. 91895 

4 0 by 6 at $0.0015 for heavy new sheets. . 36000 

^0 by 9 at $0.0015 for heavy stock sheets. . 54000 

by 2 at $0.00086 for thin proposal sheets. . 06880 


Cost per average specification. 1.88775 

Approximately 38 specifications written last 6 months, total cost 
materials... 71.73450 

Cost table materials in average specification written for repairs division. 

[Average of. 15 copies each.] 

9 wax stencils, at $0.13| each. $1.18125 

15 by 8 at $0.0015 for heavy new sheets. . 18000 

15 by 2 at $0. 0015 for heavy stock sheets. . 04500 

15 by 2 at $0.00086 for thin proposal sheets. .. . 02580 


Cost per average specification. 1. 43205 

Approximately 500 specifications written last 6 months, total cost 

matetials. 716.02500 

Total cost materials, mimeograph work, past 6 months. 1, 618.42775 

Total cost materials, multigraph work, past 6 months. 15.40000 

Item 3: 

1 multigraph letter folder. $215 

1 addressograph machine with accessories, approximately. 200 

1 graphotype stencil machine. 125 

(These machines purchased by authority of Assistant Secretary.) 

Item 4: 

Multigraph work: 

Employees: 1 skilled laborer at $840 per annum (35 per cent of time). 

Location: Room 456, Treasury Department. 

Letter-folding work: 

Employees: 1 clerk at $1,600 per annum (5 per cent of time). 

Location: Room 454, Treasury Building. 

Mimeograph work: 

Employees operating machines— 

Skilled laborer, at $960 per annum (full time). 

Clerk, at $1,000 per annum (full time). 

Employees cutting stencils— 

Clerk, at $1,200 per annum (half of time). 

Clerk, at $1,300 per annum (full time). 

Clerk, at $1,100 per annum (full time). 

Location: Room 415, Treasury Building. 

Salaries of all employees under Item 4 are paid from ‘ ‘ Salaries for the Office of the 
Supervising Architect.” 































TREASURY DEPARTMENT. 


71 


Item 5 .—No publicity or press matter sent out by this office. 

Item 6 .—Answered under Item 5. 

It would be impracticable to send some of the mimeograph work 
to the Government Printing Office, first, for the reason that it would 
be necessary to make clean copy, which would take nearly as long 
as it does to cut the stencils; second, on account of the long delay, 
which always occurs in delivery of the work. 

Respectfully, 

Jas. A. Wetmore, 

Acting Supervising Architect. 


GENERAL supply committee. 


General Supply Committee, 

Washington, March 11, 1920. 

Chief Clerk, 

Treasury Department. 

Sir: The following report is made in regard to Treasury Depart¬ 
ment Circular Letter No. 94, calling for certain information for the 
past six months, as requested by the Joint Committee on Printing, 
in letter dated February 20, 1920: 


Item 1 .—One motor-driven, self-feeder mimeograph machine, purchased on requi¬ 
sition by the Superintendent of Supplies, with the approval of the Secretary of the 
Treasury, at a cost of $120. 

Item 2 .—Circulars relative to the General Schedule of Supplies and notices fo r 
the sale of unserviceable and damaged material. Estimated number of copies and 
pages: General Supply Cojnmittee circulars, 15 pages, with 25,000 total copies; 
auction notices, 8 pages, with 3,500 total copies. Estimated cost of labor, $100; 
paper, $35; total cost, $135. 

Item 3 .—No report to make in regard to this paragraph as this office does not possess 
any of the equipment referred to. 

Item 4 .—One $1,200 clerk, whose estimated time employed in operating machine i 8 
about one day per week. Compensation paid from the statutory roll. 


Item 5 .—No report to make in regard to this paragraph, as this office does not issue 
publicity or press matter. 

Item 6 .—No report to make in regard to this paragraph, for the reason stated in 
paragraph 5. 

Respectfully, 

K. D. McRae, 

Acting Superintendent of Supplies. 


t BUREAU OF WAR RISK INSURANCE. 

Treasury Department, 

Washington, March 10, 1920. 

Hon. D. F. Houston, 

Secretary of the Treasury. 

My Dear Mr. Secretary: In response to your circular letter No. 
94, dated February 25, I have the honor to submit the following 
information: 

Material prepared by the Bureau of War Risk Insurance in the 
form of news releases is prepared primarily by the heads of the various 
divisions of the bureau. It is usually the practice that before the 




72 


MIMEOGRAPHING AND MULTIGRAPHING. 


release of such material one or two of my associates in the bureau, 
who happen to have had newspaper experience, reviews the material. 
As a matter of fact, I personally am one of those who review the 
material because of my publishing experience, and, too, for the reason 
that I must make sure that every news release represents not only 
the fact but the Government policy. 

It is impossible for us to predict in advance what news releases will 
be issued, for such releases are issued only when there is information 
which should be disseminated in the interest of the ex-service men 
and women, which service it is the obligation of this bureau to render. 

As an example, I am attaching to this communication and marked 
“Exhibit A,” a news release which was issued upon the passage of 
the Sweet bill. 

It is entirely impracticable for the bureau to depend exclusively 
upon printed material, principally because of the delay and our 
inability to get a sufficient quantity in order that thorough distri¬ 
bution may be made, and it is only by the generosity of the press that 
we are able in a more or less feeble way to acquaint people of their 
rights and privileges under the various features of the war-risk 
insurance act and its amendments. 

We have no special machinery for the issuing of any news releases,, 
but we use the machinery that is used in the preparation of form 
letters and other office memorandums. The bureau issues no 
periodicals, magazines, etc. 

The bureau has been troubled from the time the Army was demo¬ 
bilized with letters coming to the bureau asking all manner of questions 
regarding compensation and insurance claims, allotment, and allow¬ 
ance, war-risk insurance, and, too, other inquiries that included 
Liberty bonds, the sixty-dollar bonus, discharge certificates, tr/ivel 
pay, etc. 

The ex-service men and women are not intelligent as to what 
bureau they should address their communications regarding their 
various complaints, therefore, in order to make them intelligent on 
this subject and prevent the bureau’s receiving communications 
intended for other departments of the Government, we have bound 
together under one folder the standard forms issued by the Bureau 
of War Risk Insurance and other Government papers, and have dis¬ 
tributed these pamphlets to various posts of the American Legion, 
Veterans of the Foreign Wars, and other ex-service men and women’s 
organizations. A copy of this pamphlet, which is known as the 
Manual of Procedure, is attached hereto, marked ‘'Exhibit B.” 
You will readily observe that this is a compilation and not an original 
publication. 

Some old file folders, which were purchased more than a year ago 
and have been declared surplus, have been used as cover stock. It 
would not be wise to publish this pamphlet in large quantities, as 
the various forms are continually changing. When we have a demand 
for 500 or 1,000 of these folders we get the various standard forms 
together and insert the few multigraphed letters. 

I am not conscious of any work being done by the bureau that 
should be done through other official channels, or that causes the 
bureau to have additional and special facilities in order to accom¬ 
modate it. 

Respectfulhq 


R. G. Cholmeley-Jones, Director . 


WAR DEPARTMENT. 


NEWS BUREAU. 


War Department, 

Washington, March 16, 1920. 

Sir: Referring to your letter of February 20, 1920, calling for cer¬ 
tain information as to the extent to which mimeographs and other 
devices are being used in the production of publicity matter and 
printing, I have the honor to forward herewith the information called 
for so far as it pertains to the War Department News Bureau. 

Reports from the other bureaus and offices of the department, who 
have been called upon to furnish the information at the earliest prac¬ 
ticable date, will be sent to you as received from them. 

Very respectfully, 

Newton D. Baker, 

Secretary of War. 

Chairman Joint Committee on Printing, 

Congress of the United States. 


War Department, 

Washington, D. 0., March 16, 1920: 

The Secretary of War, 

War Department, Washington, D. C. 

Sir: Replying to your memorandum of March 13, I beg to state 
that all news matter concerning the War Department and the Army 
is released to the public through the press by the War Department 
News Bureau. A complete report of the War Department News- 
Bureau was made by the director to the subcommittee of the House 
Committee on Appropriations on January 23, 1920. This testimony 
appears on pages 2206-2214, part 2, hearings before subcommittee of 
House Committee on Appropriations on legislative, executive, and 
judicial appropriation bill, 1921. 

Item 1 .—The War Department News Bureau has two electrically driven mimeo¬ 
graphs with self-feeders, on which press statements are mimeographed from type¬ 
written stencils. One of these was purchased in December, 1918, when the Secretary 
of War established the News Bureau. The second machine (scrapped) was allocated 
to the News Bureau from a surplus supply in the War Department Supply Division. 
The News Bureau also has one mimeoscope for making diagrams, maps, and repro¬ 
ducing by stencil information other than typewritten statements; this was also allo¬ 
cated °from the surplus property, Supply Division. The matter issued by the News 
Bureau is all mimeograph work. The machinery noted above was not purchased 
since March 1, 1919. 

Item 2 —The mimeographed statements issued to the press vary from 8 to 10 releases 
per dav but often include two or more items of news in each release. The number of 
copies of each statement printed is approximately 265; 125 copies are lor representa¬ 
tives of the press, picked up by their representatives; 90 copies Recruiting bection; 
20 copies Morale Division; and 30 copies for the fife. The approximate cost oi supplies 
for paper and ink per month is $75. Samples oi % day’s work are attached hereto. i\o 
journals, magazines, or periodicals are published or distributed by this bureau. 

Item 8. _No addressing, folding, or mailing machinery or equipment for distributing 

this matter is owned or operated by this bureau. 




74 


MIMEOGRAPHING AND MULTIGRAPHING. 


Item 4 —Two persons are employed, both located in room 292, State, War, and 
Navy Building, in the operation and supervision of the mimeograph machines and 
equipment reported in paragraph 1. 

Per annum. 


1 clerk (stencil cutter and mimeograph expert)__ 1 $1, 800 

1 mimeograph operator (with messenger duties)__ 1 900 


These two employees are on the additional roll of the office of the Secretary of War. 

Item 5.—The personnel of the News Bureau on March 15 is four, including the 
two mentioned above, all employed in rooms 290 and 292, State, War, and Navy 
Building. The list of titles, duties, and salaries of the News Bureau personnel follows: 

Per annum. 


1 director. Gathering, writing, and editing information for press.. $3, 900 

1 clerk. Stencil cutter, mimeograph expert, also assists in editing news 

matter___________ 11, 800 

1 clerk. Stenographer and file, correspondence and telephone inquiries_ 1 1, 200 

1 mimeograph operator. Messenger and porter duties_ 1 900 


These employees are all paid from the additional roll, office of the Secretary of 
War. In December, 1918, the personnel of the War Department News Bureau was 
12, and the total salaries amounted to $26,560. The personnel is now 4, and 
the total salaries $7,800. In December, 1918, 4 assistant directors acted as news 
reporters and were detailed in different bureaus of the War Department. To-day 
all news is secured by specially designated officers in the several branches of the War 
Department, who forward available information from time to time to the director, who 
abstracts, edits, and issues to the press such matter as appears to be of public, technical, 
or commercial interest, which is not otherwise made available to the press. 

Item 6 .—During the past five and one-half months (Oct. 1,1919, to Mar. 15, 1920) 
1,058 releases were made available to the press, or approximately 190 per month. The 
circulation of these releases at 265 copies each amounted to 280,000 copies in this time. 
This also shows that the News Bureau used approximately 280.000 sheets of mimeo¬ 
graph paper in this time. The News Bureau maintains no mailing list but simply 
makes facts and figures available in the form of releases to the representatives of the 
press or the public in rooms 290 and 277, State, War, and Navy Building. This infor¬ 
mation is secured by the representatives of the telegraph services and local news¬ 
papers. all of which have representatives in the building constantly and in telephonic 
communication with their offices. Correspondents and representatives of out-of- 
town newspapers and other publications secure copies of the War Department news 
releases by calling during the day or sending messengers for the releases. The paper 
used by the News Bureau is known as impression or mimeograph paper; one size, 
8 by 12£, weighs 5.35 pounds per ream; the other, 8 by 10£, weighs 4.49 pounds per 
ream. 

The War Department News Bureau has no field representative 
outside of Washington and no representatives in the different branches 
of the War Department, but relies upon a closely effected liaison with 
designated officers in the branches of the War Department and Army. 
It is, in a word, a news clearing house for public information concern¬ 
ing the War Department and the Army. No censorship is exercised. 
Special articles or interviews desired by representatives of the press 
for the exclusive use of their publications are usually secured through 
the cooperation of the director. Daily press conferences are arranged 
by the director with the Secretary of "War, and when important state¬ 
ments are made by the Secretary of War on such occasions they are 
issued in mimeograph form by the News Bureau. As nearly all the 
news matter issued is of value only if supplied immediately to the 
press, it is impossible to have this matter printed by the Government 
Printing Office, as this would necessitate a delay of a dav or two and 
be of far greater expense to the Government. 

Respectfully submitted. 

Carl H. Butman, 

Director War Department News Bureau. 


1 Plus $240 bonus. 











WAR DEPARTMENT. 


75 


CHIEF OF STAFF. 


War Department, 

Washington , March 22, 1920. 

Sir: In compliance with your letter of February 20, 1920, calling 
for information as to the use of mimeographs and other devices in 
the production of publicity matter and printing, I have the honor 
to forward herewith the information so far as it pertains to the office 
of the Chief of Staff in Washington. 

In submitting this report the Chief of Staff states that: 

Owing to the fact that no record has been maintained showing the approximate 
number of copies made from the equipment in question, it is impossible to supply the 
data of this character requested, but an estimate showing the total number of all the 
classes is embodied in the report. 

In connection with item No. 4, it should be stated that the data regarding this item 
embodied in the accompanying report comprises the compensation of all persons who 
do work pertaining to the equipment in question whether employed constantly or 
.at intervals. Most of the persons are also engaged on other work. 


Very respectfully, 


Newton D. Baker, 

Secretary of War. 


Chairman Joint Committee on Printing, 

Congress of the United States. 


REPORT ON SUBSTITUTIONS FOR PRINTING, OFFICE OF CHIEF OF STAFF. 


Item 1 .—Machinery used in producing printing and typewritten matter. 


No. 

' 

Kind. 

Location. 

Cost. 

How operated. 

Equipment. 

9 

Mimeographs. 

Chief of Staff’s office... 

$1, 485 

2,200 

By motor and 

Self-feeders and auto¬ 

4 

Ml 1 11 j JJT A.ph s 

.. do. 

by hand. 

By motor. 

matic ink rollers. 
Metal type set by hand. 

1 

5 

Mi m eo^onpe 

. ..do. 

45 

By hand. 

Electrical. 

Automatic typewriters 

.do. 

2,552 

By motor. 

Motor attachment. 

2 

Graph otypes 

.do. 

900 

.....do. 

With plates (metal). 

1 

2 

Commercial duplicator 

do . 

110 

By hand. 

Photostats 

do . 

1,600 


Equipped with mer¬ 
cury lamps. 





Of these machines, only one automatic typewriter was bought since March 1, 1919, 
by authority of the Chief of Staff. 

Item 2.—Work done by machinery and equipment reported on item 1. 


Classes of work done. 

Number of copies. 

Cost. 

Samples. 

Blank forms, office memoranda, return envelopes, 
circular letters, circulars, stencils, cards, reports, 
and records. 

1,640,000 sheets or pieces 
within last 6 months. 


Herewith. 



Item 3 —Addressing, foldin'], and mailing machinery and other equipment used for the 
distribution of matter reported herein. 


No. 

Kind. 

Location. 

Cost. 

By what authority purchased. 

1 

Sealing machine. 

Chief of Staff’s office... 

$255.50 

Director of Air Service. 

3 

A rp^QA^rfi Till K 

.. do. 

945.00 

1 by Chief of Field Artillery; 1 by Di¬ 




rector of Military Intelligence Divi¬ 
sion; 1 by chairman of committee on 
training camp activities. 





















































76 MIMEOGRAPHING AND MULTIGRAPHING. 


Item 4. —Personnel employed in the operation and supervision of machines and equipment 

reported on items 1 and 8. 


No. 


Designation. 

Location. 

Compensation. 

Enlisted men. 

Clerk. 

Chief of Staff’s Office.. 
.do.. 

$8,414.40. 

$1,200 per annum. 

Operators. 

_do.. .. 

|1 at $1,000.) 

.{l at $1,080.> 

Clerk. 


ll at $1,320.J 

1 at $1,500. 

Laborer (part time). 

.do.•. 

$900. 

Clerks (part time)... 

.do. 

$1,200. 





Fund from which paid. 


Pay of the Army. 
Appropriation for ad< 
employees. 

kWelfare fund. 

Do. 

ontingencies, Milita 
telligence Division. 


tion of additional em¬ 
ployees. 


In- 


All employed by authority of the Chief of Staff. 

Item 5. —Personnel, part time or full time, engaged in gathering, writing or editing 
publicity or press matter; bulletins, documents, and reports authorized by law not 
to be included: No one is engaged in this work. 

Item 6 .—Publicity and press matter prepared and issued by persons reported in 
Item 5: No such matter prepared in the office. 


CHIEF OF COAST ARTILLERY. 


War Department, 

Washington, March 22, 1920. 

Sir: In compliance with your letter of February 20, 1920, calling 
for information as to the use of mimeographs and other devices in 
the production of publicity matter and printing, I have the honor to 
forward herewith the information called for, so far as it pertains to 
the office of the Chief of Coast Artillery in Washington. 

Very respectfully, 


Newton D. Baker, 

Secretary of War. 


Chairman Joint Committee on Printing, 

Congress of the United States. 


War Department, 

Washington , March 18, 1920. 

From: Chief of Coast Artillery. 

To: Secretary of War. 

Subject: Report of mimeograph and multigraph work. 

1. In compliance with first indorsement by Secretary of War on 
letter from Joint Committee on Printing, February 20, 1920, calling 
for report of mimeograph and multigraph work here in Washington, 
the following report, by items, is submitted for this office: 

Item 1 .—There is one No. 78 mimeograph, serial No. 12537 (A. B. Dick & Co.),, 
costing $140, in use in this office. The machine is motor driven and automatically 
feeds paper, but otherwise is hand operated. The machine is for reproducing type¬ 
written copies and uses a stencil, which has to be cut on a typewriter. The rnachine 
was purchased prior to March 1, 1919. 






























WAR DEPARTMENT. 


77 


Item 2 .—'The machine is used in connection with office correspondence and to send 
technical information to the various Coast Artillery commands and to furnish current 
technical information to Regular and Reserve Coast Artillery officers. It is not used 
to disseminate press or public information. Its use is intermittent, and it is impossible 
to estimate the cost of its use; the cost, however, is low, as the machine is used only 
to a limited extent. The number of copies made varies from about 50 for papers 
sent to all coast defenses to about 3,000 for papers sent to all Regular and Reserve 
officers. Samples of papers made up on the mimeograph in last few months are 
inclosed, marked “A,” “B, ” “C,” “D, ” “E, ” “F, ” “G,” “H,” and “I,” and the 
approximate number of copies made and their distribution is indicated in pencil 
on face of each. 


Item 3 .—There is one model FI addressograph machine in the office for use in 
mailing out correspondence and technical information to the coast artillery forts, 
the reserve officers’ training units at colleges, and the Regular and Reserve officers. 
There is also one graphotype for cutting the name and address plates for use in the 
addressograph. This latter machine is required to make the necessary corrections 
where addresses change and thus keep the plates for the addressograph up to date. 
These two machines were furnished by the zone supply officer on requisition from 
this office. 


Item 4 .—The machines reported under paragraphs 1 and 3 are operated when re¬ 
quired by clerks on other duty in the office, and it is estimated require not to exceed 
the equivalent of eight days’ work a month. The clerks are paid the usual clerical 
compensation and from funds appropriated under the L. E. & J. Acts. 

Items 5-6. —-None. 

2. In connection with the above report the following additional 
information is furnished: 


(а) When a mimeograph stencil is cilt and the necessary copies run off the stencil 
is filed and can be again used any time in the future. This eliminates making copies 
to be held for future use, as in case of printing. 

(б) Where 50 or 100 copies of a letter or report are required the stencil can be cut 
nearly as quickly as the letter can be written and the necessary copies prepared in a 
very short time and far more economically than the same could be printed. 

(c) The delay incident to having copies of correspondence and instructions printed 
would frequently be prohibitive. Printing would require days, whereas the neces¬ 
sary copies can be mimeographed within an hour. 

F. W. Coe, 

Major General, U. S. A. 


War Department, 
Washington, March 23, 1920. 


Chairman Joint Committee on Printing, 

Congress of the United States. 

Sir: In compliance with your letter of February 20, 1920, calling 
for information as to the use of mimeographs and other devices in 
the production of publicity matter and printing, I have the honor to 
forward herewith the information called for so far as it pertains to 
the following offices in Washington: The Director of Finance, the 
Chief of Transportation Service, the Chief Signal Officer, the Judge 
Advocate General, the Surgeon General. 

Very respectfully, 

Newton D. Baker, 

Secretary of War. 


DIRECTOR OF FINANCE. 

Item 1 .—The equipment of the duplicating section, Office Service Branch, Admin¬ 
istrative Division, Office of the Director of Finance, consists of 12 power-dnven 
multigraph machines, with inking and automatic feed attachment, costing approxi¬ 
mately $650 each; 7 power-driven mimeograph machines with automatic feed, costing 
approximately $300 each, including auxiliary equipment for operation of both type 




78 


MIMEOGRAPHING AND MULTIGRAPHING. 


of machines. The total cost is approximately $12,000. Metal type, both hand set 
and automatic, is used in composition work. None of the above equipment has been 
purchased since March 1, 1919. 

Item 2 .—Work in the duplicating section has been confined to the production of 
finance circulars, memoranda, form letters, office forms, and blanks. No journals, 
magazines, periodicals, or kindred publications have been issued. The cost of opera¬ 
tion and delivery, not including the cost of paper, for the 12 months ending 
December 31, 1919, averages 47 cents per thousand impressions. Samples of the 
work are attached hereto. Orders were given that effective March 15 multigraph 
machines are to be used only in instances where specific authority is given for 
their use, and this will be confined to duplication Avork in cases where the use of 
the mimeograph becomes impracticable. 

Item 3 .—The orders and regulations branch, room 3103, has one graphotype and 
one addressograph machine, both purchased prior to March 1, 1919, at aq approximate 
total cost of $900. These machines are used for the distribution of instructions, cir¬ 
culars, etc. 

Item 4 .—The number of persons employed in the duplicating section is 19. They 
are designated as multigraph operators, mimeograph operators, clerks, and messengers. 
Their total compensation for the calendar year 1919 was $22,259.99, paid from the 
apportionment to this office from ‘‘General appropriations, Q. M. C. The dupli¬ 
cating section is located in room 3541, Munitions Building, Washington, D. C. Due 
to the decrease in personnel for the entire force of the finance service and to the 
decreased amount of work done on multigraph machines, the services of four em¬ 
ployees of this branch will be dispensed with as of March 31, 1919. 

Items 5-6. —None. 


CHIEF OF TRANSPORTATION SERVICE. 

Item 1 .—One mimeograph machine; location, room 2317, Munitions Buildings 
operated by motor; equipped Avith self-feeder; no automatic ink roller, inked by hand; 
metal type not used: cost, $225. 

Machine purchased under contract dated March 2, by the Director of Purchase, from 
quartermaster funds, project No. 20788, procurement No. 1000, authorized February 
20, 1920. 

Item 2 .—Transportation bulletins, 2,250 each, averaging approximately one every 
two days. 

Office orders, 150 to 500 each, averaging approximately one each day. 

Transportation forms, 2,000 to 5,000 each, averaging approximately one per month.. 

Inter-office memoranda, 200 to 500 each, averaging approximately two per month. 

Samples of the above attached. 

In addition to the above, there are produced from time to time, copies of miscella¬ 
neous letter, indorsements, etc., averaging from 200 to 1,000, of which there are approx¬ 
imately 10 per month. The paper used in this work is usually mimeograph paper and 
when this is not available, the ordinary government bond, both light and heavy, is 
used, the approximate cost of which is for the mimeograph 50 cents per ream, the bond 
(light) 57 cents, and the bond (heavy) 65 cents. 

Item 3 .—One envelope-sealing machine. Cost approximately $85. 

Purchased in September, 1918, for the Chief of Inland Traffic Service, under author¬ 
ity of the Director of Purchase, Storage and Traffic, from appropriation ‘ ‘ Storage and 
shipping facilities.” 

Item 4 .—No persons are employed regularly in the operation and supervision of these 
machines and equipment. They are operated by Mr. J. L. Dugan, principal clerk, 
$2,240; Mr. F. W. Taylor, assistant principal clerk, $1,440; and Mr. George O. Maxfield, 
clerk-typist, $1,440, Orders and Regulations Branch of this office, all paid from the 
appropriation “Storage and shipping facilities.” This is a part of and performed in 
connection with their other work. 

Item 5 .—There are no persons engaged either all or part of the time in writing, 
gathering, or editing publicity or press matter. Mr. Dugan and Mr. Taylor prepare 
or at times assist in preparing transportation bulletins, office orders, and the indexes 
of same, but these publications are excluded by the committee. 



WAR DEPARTMENT. 


79 


Item 6 .—See paragraph 5. 

In some cases where transportation bulletins, office orders, forms, miscellaneous 
letters, or indorsements consist of two or more pages, they are sent to the printing and 
duplicating subsection, building service section, office of the Director of Purchase and 
Storage for the reason that there are no machines in this office for assembling two or 
more pages and the work can be expedited by sending to the branch in question. 
This is done approximately twice a week. 


CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER. 

Item 1 This office at present has two mimeograph machines in use, both operated 
by motors and both equipped with self-feeders. Metal type is not used. These 
mimeographs were secured from the Supply Division of the War Department during 
the year 1917. Price shown in Government schedule is $145 for each machine. 

Item 2 .—Work done by these mimeograph machines consists of the making forms 
for use in the office, rosters of officers, circulars to manufacturers requesting quotation 
on different articles of supply, recruiting letters, etc. Approximately 500 copies of 
each are made at one time. Samples attached. 

Item 3. —None. 

# Item 4 -—One mimeograph operator is employed in connection with the work out¬ 
lined above. His rate of pay is $1,000 per annum plus the $240 bonus. He is carried 
on the additional roll of the War Department. 

Items 5-6.— None. 


JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL. 

Item 1 .—This office has two Edison rotary mimeograph machines, No. 78, both of 
which were purchased prior to March 1, 1919. It is understood that these machines 
cost $140 each. They are located in Sanda Court, State, War, and Navy Building. 

Item 2 .—Outside of office correspondence, for which the machines are still used, 
they were used during the World War in making weekly copies of opinions in full or 
weekly copies of digests of opinions of the Judge Advocate General for the use of 
judge advocates of general court-martial jurisdiction. The maximum number of 
these weekly copies furnished to judge advocates was 600. No copies have been 
distributed since June, 1919. Copies of digests of opinions for June, 1919, parts 1 
and 2, are herewith. No estimate can be given as to cost of this work, as the clerk 
who did the mimeograph work performed other duties. No paper has been purchased 
for this work since before June, 1919. 

Item 3 .—This office has no addressing, folding, and mailing machinery or other 
equipment used for the distribution of matter reported on herein. 

Item 4 .—One clerk on the additional roll at $1,200 per annum is at present engaged 
a small part of the time on the work under item No. 1. 

Item 5 .—No publicity or press matter is edited or given out by this office. 

Item 6 .—See answer to item No. 5. 

• _ 


SURGEON GENERAL. 

Item 1 .—Four A. B. Dick mimeograph machines are used by this office. The cost 
price of these machines was never furnished this office; no metal type is used. None 
of this machinery has been purchased since March 1, 1919. 

Item 2. —(a) Routine office correspondence, records and forms. 

( b ) Periodicals: (1) Medico-Military Review, 900 copies, mimeograph 
paper used semimonthly; (2) Veterinary Bulletins, 250 copies, 
mimeograph paper; semimonthly. 

Item 3. —None. 

Item 4.— Three. Two mimeograph operatives, at $1,000 each (additional employees 
roll). One clerk, whose partial duties consist of supervising, $1,400 per annum, 
regular roll. 

Items 5-6. —None. 





80 


MIMEOGRAPHING AND MULTIGRAPHING. 


ADJUTANT GENERAL. 


War Department, 

Washington, March 25, 1920. 

Chairman Joint Committee on Printing, 

Congress of the United States, Washington, D. C. 

Sir: In compliance with your letter of February 20, 1920, calling 
for information as to the use of mimeographs and other devices in 
the production of publicity matter and printing, I have the honor 
to forward herewith the information so far as it pertains to The 
Adjutant General’s Office in Washington. 

In submitting this report The Adjutant General states that: 

The matter reported upon is distributed for the recruiting service of the Anny, 
and consists principally of a publication, at first denominated “Camp Recruiting 
Publicity Bulletin,” and on January 1, 1920, changed to the designation “Organiza- 
Recruiting Notes.” Samples of these publications and some publicity letters are 
also inclosed. 

The Camp Recruiting Publicity Bulletin was inaugurated in 1919, during the period 
when Army organizations were being rapidly demobilized and was utilized for the 
purpose of stimulating recruiting for the Army and obtaining as many as possible of 
the soldiers being discharged upon the demobilization of their organizations for enlist¬ 
ment in the Regular Army. The purpose of these publications is to keep recruiting 
officers in the field in close touch with the orders, regulations, and policies of the 
department with regard to recruiting and to give the recruiting service at large the 
benefit of results obtained by methods of recruiting which have proved to be suc¬ 
cessful at certain camps, posts,‘or stations. The mimeograph is used for producing 
these publications in order to effect prompt issue, distribution, and receipt. 


Very respectfully, 


Newton D. Baker, 

Secretary of War. 


INFORMATION ON EQUIPMENT CALLED FOR BY JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING, CON¬ 


GRESS, UNITED STATES. 

J ; Value. 

1 mimeograph, motor driven, automatic feed, from stock. $250. 00 

1 mimeograph, hand power, automatic feed, from stock. 85. 00 

1 multigraph, motor driven, automatic feed, using hand-set type, 

charged to incidental expense of recruiting. 775. 00 

II. Mimeograph work from Sept. 15, 1919, to Dec. 31, 1919: 

Camp Recruiting Publicity Bulletins: Editions, 206; copies, 128,750; 
required 644 reams of 40-pound impression paper from stock at 70 

cents. 450. 80 

Mimeograph work from Jan. 1, 1920, to Mar. 15, 1920— 

Organization Recruiting Notes: Editions, 158; copies, 182,100; 
required 9101 reams of 40-pound impression paper from stock, 
at 70 cents. 637. 35 


Increase in distribution since Jan. 1, 1920, is due to re¬ 
cruiting drive. Distribution will resume normal at termina¬ 
tion of drive. 

III. Multigraph work from Jan. 1, 1920, to Mar. 15. 1920: 

Letters requesting cooperation with recruiting drive, to Reserve 
officers, 25,000: Regular Army reserve, 18,000; Clergymen, 
, 45,000; Kiwanis Club, 640; Rotary Club, 1,230 (of 2 pages each); 


required 540 reams heavy bond paper, at $1.10. 594. 00 

IV. Sundry supplies— 

Stencils, 1,820, at $1.20 per quire, from stock. 87. 60 

Ink pads for mimeograph 48, at $1.20 per dozen. 4. 80 

Mimeograph ink, 1-pound cans, 150, at 85 cents per can. 127. 90 

2 stitching machines, Hutchison, wire spool, from stock, at $3_ 6. 00 


Total. 3,110.45 














WAR DEPARTMENT. 


81 


V. Three employees, civil service; compensation, $1,200 each per annum. These 
employees perform other duties also as stenographers, typists, and clerks. These 
civilian employees are paid from the fund for “Additional employees, War Depart¬ 
ment, 1920.” 1 J * 

YI. The only machinery or equipment for this purpose purchased since March 1, 
1919, is the multigraph referred to in paragraph I above. The authority for the 
purchase is the appropriation for incidental expenses of recruiting in the act "approved 
July 11, 1919, making appropriations for the support of the Army for the fiscal year 
ending June 30, 1920. 


QUARTERMASTER GENERAL. 


War Department, 
Washington , March 27, 1920. 
Chairman Joint Committee on Printing, 

Congress of the United States. 


Sir: In compliance with your letter of February 20, 1920, calling 
for information as to the use of mimeographs and other devices in 
the production of publicity matter and printing, I have the honor to 
forward herewith the information called for so far as it pertains to the 
office of the Quartermaster General, Director of Purchase and Storage, 
in Washington. 

Very respectfully, 

Newton D. Baker, 

Secretary of War. 


Classification of equipment. 
MIMEOGRAPH AND AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT. 


Num¬ 

ber. 

Kind. 

Method of 
impression. 

Class of power. 

Type of feed. 

Cost 

(each). 

Location. 

6 

Typewriters. 




i$80.00 

Rooms 1429-1435 

10 

Mimeographs, 
No. 78. 

Mimeographs, 
No. 80. 

Mimeoscope,large 

Mimeoscope, 

small. 

Formagraph. 

Stencil. 

Motor or hand... 

Automatic or 

140.00 

Munitions 

Building. 

Do. 

2 

.do. 

Hand. 

hand. 

Hand. 

102.00 

Do. 

1 

Used to rule sten¬ 

.do. 


42.00 

Do. 

1 

cils. 

....do. 

....do. 


28.00 

Do. 

1 

Metal type. 

Motor or hand... 

Automatic.... 

150.00 

Do. 


MULTIGRAPH AND AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT. 


Multigraph. 

Type set in seg- 
ments. 

Motor or hand... 

Automatic .or 

1 

$490.00 

Rooms 1429-1435 

Multigraph seg¬ 
ments. 

.do. 

hand. 

16.50 

Munitions 

Building. 

Do. 




21.50 

Do. 

.do. 




40.00 ; 

Do. 

Fonts job type_ 




2.10 

Do. 

Elite equipments 
Gothic equipment 
Flexo typesetters 
Typfi casp 




21.00 

Do. 




21.00 

Do. 




80.00 

Do. 




40.00 

Do. 








172219—20-6 


1 Approximate. 

















































82 


MIMEOGRAPHING AND MULTIGRAPHING. 


All purchased prior to March 1, 1919. 

2. Classification of work .—The production of printed matter by mimeograph machine 
may be clearly divided into three distinct categories. 

(a) Service publications, such as office memorandums, orders, notices, circulars, 
bulletins, form letters, etc. 

(&) Blank forms of all descriptions. 

(c) Pamphlets, leaflets, booklets, price lists, etc. 

(See Exhibits A, B, and C for samples of each class.) . 

The production of printed matter by multigraph machine does not permit of a ready 
or very definite classification, consisting in the main part of letterheads, envelopes, 
cards, and form letters in such 'quantities as can not be produced economically by 
any other process. (See “Exhibit D” for samples.) 

3. Quantity of 'production .—It has never been possible to determine the exact num¬ 
ber of envelopes, letterheads, or any one particular item that has been reproduced over 
a given period of time. Production has always been figured according to the method 
used and estimated in “impressions” (the word “impression” being interpreted to 
mean a sheet or copy). A tabulation of these figures is set forth below. 


October, 1919... 
November, 1919. 
December, 1919. 
January, 1920... 
February, 1920.. 
March, 1920. 


Month. 


By mimeo¬ 
graph 
process. 

By multi¬ 
graph 
process. 

Total. 

2,419,477 

1,211,270 

3,630,747 

2,064,716 

840,650 

2,905,366 

2,580,160 

829,850 

3,410,010 

2,339,328 

737,000 

3,076,328 

1,874,897 

775,200 

2,651,097 

1,421,025 

576,600 

1,997,625 


4. Costs .—Attached to each sample submitted in connection with paragraph No. 2 
(Exhibits A, B, C, and D) is an itemized cost ticket setting forth the various component 
operations which enter into the job, the money value of each and the value of the 
material consumed, which summarized, equals the cost of the finished order based on 
the total number of copies printed. 

(a) The monetary value of materials consumed in mimeograph and multigraph 
work, computed on a monthly basis, will average: 


Paper stock of all kinds, including cards, envelopes, etc. $3, 200 

Stencils, dermax substitute, etc. 85 

Ink, both mimeograph and multigraph. 110 

Stitcher wire, padding composition, etc... 25 


Total. 3,410 


5. To facilitate the distribution of the matter reported on in paragraph No. 2, 
there are used in this office the following mechanical devices: 


No. 

Machine. 

Value. 

Location. 

1 

Addressograph. 

$210 

Room 2433, Munitions Build¬ 

1 

Graphotvpe, electric. 

385 

ing. 

Do. 

1 

Graphotvpe, hand. 

250 

Do. 

1 

4 'Rapid ” addressing machine. 

200 

Room 2434, Munitions Build¬ 



ing. 








































WAR DEPARTMENT. 


83 


6. Personnel.—The activities of 29 employees, in whole or in part, are devoted to 
the operation or supervision of the machines and equipment reported on in paragraphs 
Nos. 1 and 5 of this report. Their duties, compensation, etc., are tabulated below: 


Num¬ 

ber. 


Designation. 


Compensation. 


Fund from which paid. 


Location. 


1 

6 


9 


3 


1 

2 

2 


3 

2 


Duplicating ma¬ 
chine expert. 
Typists (stencil cut¬ 
ters). 


Mimeograph oper¬ 
ators. 


Multi graph oper¬ 

ators. 


Compositor. 

Clerks (proof read¬ 
ers). 

Collators... 


Messengers and la¬ 
borers. 

Addressing and 
mailing machine 
operators. 


$1,500 plus $240. 
$1,200 plus $240. 


4 at $1,200 plus $240 
1 at $1,100 plus $240 
1 at $900 plus $240.. 
1 at $840 plus $240.. 
1 at $780 plus $240.. 

1 at $720 plus $240.. 

2 at $1,200 plus $240 
1 at $1,100 plus $240 


$1,200 plus $240... 

_do. 

1 at $720 plus $240 
1 at $480 plus $240 


2 at $720 plus $240 


$720 plus $240 


Storage and shipping fa¬ 
cilities. 

1 from general appropria¬ 
tions. 

5 from storage and ship- 

. ping facilities. 

-do. 

2 from general appropria¬ 
tions. 

2 from departmental roll.. I 


1 from storage and ship¬ 
ping facilities. 

1 from general appropria¬ 
tions. 

1 from departmental. 

Storage and shipping fa¬ 
cilities. 

.do. 

1 from general appropria¬ 
tions. 

1 from storage and ship¬ 
ping facilities. 

1 from departmental roll.. 

2 from general appropria¬ 
tions. 

1 from general appropria¬ 
tions. 

1 from storage and ship- i 
ping facilities. 


1429-1435 Munitions 
Building. 

Do. 


Do. 


Do. 


Do. 

1420-1435 Munitions 
Building. 


Do. 


1, room 2435 Munitions 
Building. 

1, room 2432 Munitions 
Building. 


7. One person is engaged from one to one and one-half hours each day on publicity 
worlc for the “War Department News Bureau” and on the “Quartermaster Service 
News,” a monthly publication issued by this office. Ilis compensation is $1,800 per 
annum, plus $240 bonus, and he is paid from the Storage and Shipping Facilities 
appropriation, and is employed by authority of the Quartermaster General, Director 
of Purchase and Storage. The information collected for the “War Department News 
Bureau,” is released by that office to the various press associations as official War 
Department news concerning Quartermaster Corps activities. The information col¬ 
lected for the “Quartermaster Service News” is distributed for the general information 
of all officers concerned with Quartermfster Corps activities. 

8. In addition to the machines listed above the following are also in operation in 
this office: 


No. 

Kind. 

Method of 
impression. 

Class of 
power. 

Type of 
feed. 

Location, 

Munitions 

Building. 

8 

Mimeographs. 

Stencil.: 

Motor.... 

Automatic.... 

1, room 1605. 

2, room 1661. 

2, room 1730. 

1, room 1717. 

1, room 1629. 

1, room 1409. 

2, room 1416. 

8 

Commercial duplicators 


Hand. 

Hand. 





3, room 1709. 

2, room 1815. 

1, room 2103. 


Purchased prior to March 1, 1919. 

These machines are used in printing purchase orders, circular proposals, circular 
letters, office circulars, office memoranda, commodity lists, record cards, the remount 
bulletin, and miscellaneous reports and letters giving information and instructions 
for the different divisions of this office. Samples of these publications are attached 
in folder marked “Exhibit E.” The total number of these publications printed within 
the past six months, many of which contain from 2 to 15 pages, was approximately 
950,000. The cost of labor in their production was approximately $11,000. 























































84 


MIMEOGRAPHING AND MULTIGRAPHING. 


9. Two addressing and two letter-opening machines are in use in the purchase 
service of this office. Addressing machines, one each in rooms 1061 and 1850. Letter¬ 
opening machines, one each in rooms 1630 and 1744, Munitions Building. About 
60 per cent of the time of the persons employed on these machines, as well as on the 
mimeographs and duplicators, above mentioned, is devoted to their operation. 

10. Eighteen persons are employed in the operation and supervision of th e machines 
above referred to who are classified as to designation, compensation, and fund lrom 
which paid, as follows: 


Designation. 

Compensation. 

Appropriation from which paid. 

Ifi clerks. 

• 

1 clerk SI,500 plus bonus.!. 

8 General appropriations, Quartermas¬ 
ter Corps. 

10 Storage and Shipping Facilities. 

2 messengers. 

1 clerk $1,300 plus bonus. 

1 clerk $1,200 plus bonus. 

12 clerks $1,200 plus bonus. 

1 clerk $1,100 phis bonus. 

1 messenger $840 plus bonus. 

1 messenger $480 plus bonus. 


By: 


H. L. Rogers, 

Quartermaster General , United States Army , 

Director of Purchase and Storage. 

M. H. Hanson, 

Lieutenant Colonel , Quartermaster Corps , 

Executive Officer. 


War Department, 
Washington, March 29, 1920. 


Chairman Joint Committee on Printing, 

Congress of the United States. 

Sir: In complance with your letter of February 20, 1920, calling 
for information as to the use of mimeographs and other devices in the 
production of publicity matter and printing, I have the honor to 
forward herewith the information called for, so far as it pertains to 
the following offices in Washington: Inspector General of the Army; 
Chief Chemical Warfare Service; Chief Militia Bureau. 

Very respectfully, 

Newton D. Baker, 

Secretary of War. 


inspector general. 

(a) This office has one rotary neostyle, No. 75, which is used for running off circular 
letters containing instructions and decisions for the information of the officers of the 
Inspector General’s Department. The machine is run by an electric motor, and the 
time of one messenger for about one-half hour each week is consumed in connection 
with this work. 

(b) Tfie time consumed by a clerk in cutting stencils for this purpose would average 
about one hour per week. 

(c) The very cheapest kind of neostyle paper is used, the estimated cost of which 
can not be given. 

2. No other equipment of any kind is used by this office. 


CHEMICAL WARFARE SERVICE. 

REPORT OP MIMEOGRAPH WORK PERFORMED AT THE CHEMICAL WARFARE SERVICE 
FOR SIX MONTHS ENDING FEBRUARY, 1920. 

Item 1. —No. 78, Edison’s rotary mimeograph (A. B. Dick Co.), located at Chemical 
Warfare Service, Seventh and B Streets NW.; cost, $120 machine: operated by motor 
and self-feeders; no metal type used. 



























WAR DEPARTMENT. 


85 


Item 2 .—Circular letters, forms, cards, and speeches, as follows: 

Circular letters. 45,500 I Cards. 10,000 

Forms. 20,850 I Speeches. 64,700 

Cost, including ink and paper, $50.88. 

Samples herewith. 

Item 3. —None. 

Item 4 -—One person: typist, supply clerk, stencil cutter, and mimeograph operator; 
paid from additional roll, War Department, Chemical Warfare Service, U. S. A. 

Items 5-6. —None. 


CHIEF CLERK, MILITIA BUREAU. 

A report is submitted as follows, numbered serially in accordance 
with the paragraph numbering under the heading “'Items to be in¬ 
cluded in report”: 

Items 1-2. —None. 

Item 3 .—Addressing machine and pertaining equipment, cost $44.96: envelope 
sealer, cost $60; all equipment in office rooms occupied by the Militia Bureau, 1800 
E Street NW., Washington, D. C., purchased under authority of Secretary of War. 

Item 4 .—Partial services of one person, assistant messenger, compensation $720, 
paid from legislative, executive, and judicial bill. 

Items 5-6. —None. 


DIRECTOR OF AIR SERVICE. 

War Department, 

Washington , March 30, 1920. 

Sir: In compliance with your letter of February 20, 1920, calling 
for information as to the use of mimeographs and other devices in 
the production of publicity matter and printing, I have the honor to 
forward herewith the information called for, so far as it pertains to 
the office of the Director of Air Service in Washington. 

Very respectfully, 

Newton D. Baker, 

Secretary of War. 

Chairman Joint Committee on Printing, 

Congress of the United States. 


The following report is submitted, giving seriatim the information 
requested: 

Item 1.— Machinery and equipment used in producing printed and typewritten matter. 


Cost 

(each). 


S595 

235 

235 

160 

90 

160 

285 

45 


i Self-feeders not used, as found unsatisfactory. Automatic ink roller. 2 Self-feeders. 

Regular multigraph type used in all multigraph reproductions set by flexo-type 
method. No machinery bought since March 1, 1919. 


Number 
in use. 


Number 
in reserve 


Kind. 


Multigraph machines, electric driven 1 . 

Mimeograph machines, electric driven 2 . 

Mimeograph machine, hand power. 

Paper cutter, Advance, hand power. 

Perforating machine, foot power. 

Punching machine, Portland multiple, foot power. 

Wire stitcher, Boston, electric driven. 

Mimeoscopes... 


Location. 


B-l-317. 

...do. 

...do. 

...do. 

.. .do- 

...do_ 

. .do. 

B-l-320. 




































86 


MIMEOGRAPHING AND MULTIGEAPHING. 


Item 2. —Kind of work by classes, etc. 


Kind of work by classes. 

Approxi¬ 
mate num¬ 
ber copies. 

Cost, in¬ 
cluding 
paper. 

A. Air Service circulars, orders, personnel orders, and War Department circulars. 

B. News Letter (weekly). 

320,500 

24,000 

1,482,000 

6,825 

$1,619.45 

1,063.00 

C. Material disposal bulletins. 

2,894.00 

D. Instructions to material disposal officers.. 

17.06 

E. Miscellaneous forms, multigraph. 

300,000 

85,000 

930.00 

F. Miscellaneous forms, mimeograph. 

212.50 

G. Provisional regulations (pamphlet form). 

2,200 

6,945 

1,519.10 

H. Directories (telephone list, list officers, list activities). 

148.46 



(Samples attached marked “A” to “H.” inclusive.) 


Item 3. — Addressing , folding, and mailing machinery and other equipment. 


No. 

Kind. 

1 

Location. 

Cost. 

Authority for purchase. 

1 

Addressograph. 

B-5-312. 

$275 

Act appropriating funds for 
the support of the Army, 
fiscal year 1918-19. 

Do. 

2 

Graphotype.*.. 

.do. 

1 450 

1 

Sealograph. 

.do. 

150 

Do. 





1 Each. 


Item 4 .—Personnel employed on equipment reported under paragraphs 1 and 3. 


No. 

Designation. 

Location. 

Compen¬ 

sation 

(each). 

Fund from which paid. 

5 

Typists. 

B-l-316... . 

$1,200 

Air Service appropriation. 
Do. 

5 

Clerks. 

.do. 

1,200 

1 

Mimeograph operator. 

B-l-317. 

1,160 

Do. 

1 

.do. 

.do. 

1,200 

Do. 

2 

Multigraph operators. 

.do. 

1,200 

Do. 

1 

Laborer. 

.do. 

960 

Do. 

1 

.do..’. 

.do. 

720 

Do. 

1 

Messenger. 

..do. .. . 

1,000 

Do 

1 

Addressograph operator. 

B-5-312. 

1,200 

Do. 






Item 5 .—The Air Service issues weekly a News Letter, intended primarily for the 
information of the various Air Service activities outside of Washington. This is 
published for the promotion of an esprit de corps throughout the service and to ac¬ 
quaint the various activities with items pertaining to the personnel or technical mat¬ 
ters not placed in formal shape. To the mailing list has been added the names of 
various news agencies, newspapers, magazines, and technical journals, which have 
from time to time seen issues of the News Letter, and have requested to be put on the 
mailing list. It is used by the recruiting service of the Army for general and Air 
Service recruiting purposes and by the Air Service to arouse and maintain the interest 
of reserve Air Service officers and prospective reserve officers in the Air Service. 
Flying clubs throughout the country are furnished with two copies. Manufacturers 
and commercial companies using aircraft in their business, commercial clubs, and 
chambers of commerce, etc., have been placed on the mailing list from time to time, 
at their request. As there are many items suitable for inclusion in a News Letter 
directed to Air Service activities, which are not suitable for a letter to be mailed to 
news agencies, the material has been divided into two classes, and only that suitable 
for publication is furnished to newspapers, magazines, etc. This letter is one of the 
few authentic sources of information on military and commercial aeronautical activi¬ 
ties that is available to the public. It is widely quoted throughout this country and 
abroad. 





































































WAR DEPARTMENT. 


87 


Personnel engaged. 


No. 

Designation. 

Location. 

Compen¬ 

sation. 

Fund. 

Authority. 

1 

Stenographer and typist.... 

B-2-301... 

$1,200 

Air Service... 

. Act appropriating funds for 
the support of the Army, 
fiscal year 1918-19. 


Item 6.— The only publicity matter issued by the Air Service is that covered by 
item “B” in answer to question 2. It is produced by mimeograph process, and that 
portion which is sent out of the office of the Director of Air Service is distributed by 
mail. The kind and weight of the paper used in the publication during the last six 
months is indicated by the sample of the News Letter submitted herewith. 

By authority of the Director of Air Service: 

Wm. F. Pearson, 

Colonel, A. S. A., Administrative Executive. 


War Department, 

Washington, April 1, 1920. 

Sir: In compliance with your letter of February 20, 1920, calling 
for information as to the use of mimeographs and other devices in 
the production of publicity matter and printing, I have the honor to 
forward herewith the information called for, so far as it pertains to 
the offices of the Chief of Ordnance and the Chief of the Bureau of 
Insular Affairs in Washington. 

Very respectfully, 

Benedict Crowell, 

Acting Secretary of War. 

Chairman Joint Committee on Printing, 

Washington , D. C. 


CHIEF of ordnance. 

Item 1. —(a) There are three multigraph machines in this office, located in Room 
1332, Tempo No. 5, costing approximately $575 each, operated by motor and equipped 
with automatic feed and printing-ink attachment. Metal type is used and this 
type is set up from a type stand with forked slide, from which it is transferred to the 
segment clamped to the machine. 

(b) There are four mimeograph machines in use, three of which are motor driven 
and cost $200 each, and one hand-operated machine, which cost $90. Both styles 
of machines are inked semiautomatieally by centrifugal force, which feeds the ink 
through the pad to the stencil. The pressure of feed roller against the stencil on the 
pad causes the imprint on the paper. Metal type is not used. 

(c) The above equipment was purchased during the emergency of the war, and 
no machinery has been purchased since March 1, 1919. 

Item 2. —(a) During the war a great quantity of envelopes and letterheads and 
other printed matter was procured. Due to reorganization and reduction after the 
war this material would have been useless were it not for the fact that this machinery 
was put in use. The three multigraph machines are almost constantly in use in 
printing forms on the backs of letterheads and printed matter mentioned above 
and in the substitution of one name for another. These machines are also used to 
print small quantities of forms for immediate use. 

(b) The mimeograph machines are used entirely for the printing of office orders, 
text of revision, confidential preliminary reports, temporary forms, and other matter. 

(c) Copies of work with cost and number of edition indicated thereon are attached. 
No journals, magazines, periodicals, or other similar publications are printed in 
this office. That work and all jobs of printing of any size is sent to the Government 
Printing Office. 











88 


MIMEOGRAPHING AND MULTIGRAPHING. 


Item 3. —(a) Two graphotypes, one model G-2, power driven, and one model G-I, 
foot power, are in use in this office. The power driven cost $385 and the foot power 
$235. 

(b) Addressing machines, one electric drive addressograph, model F-2, costing 
$285, and two hand-operated machines, costing $55 each, are used for addressing 
office orders and circulars that are distributed to officers and others of the Ordnance 
Department in and out of Washington. 

(c) No mailing machinery is used. 

(d) The binding machinery in use in this office consists of a Tatum drill, which 
cost $535; a New Jersey stitcher, which cost $435; three Portland punches, at $90 each; 
a Diamond power paper cutter, which cost $505; and two perforating machines, cost 
unknown. 

Item A. —(a) Two people are employed, one at $1,400 per annum and one at $1,200 
per annum, in the operation of multigraph; one is employed at $1,200 per annum 
as a typesetter for the multigraph; two mimeograph operators at $1,200 per annum, 
and three stencil cutters at $1,200 per annum are employed for the mimeograph; 
one supervisor at $1,400 per annum supervises the work in both multigraph and 
mimeograph, stencil cutting and typesetting. In the distribution of office orders, 
three persons are employed at $1,200 per annum. Four of the above are multigraph 
operators, four are typists, three are stenographers, and one is a clerk. All are paid 
from the additional roll of the Ordnance Department, 1920. 

Item 5 .—No one is employed in gathering, writing, or editing publicity and press 
matter included above. The press matter referred tc above is not prepared or issued 
within this section; the only distribution made is of office orders and circulars that 
are handled according to mailing list, so that they may be reached by the people 
for whom they are intended. No matter is duplicated that can be sent to the Gov¬ 
ernment Printing Office. It is not the intention of this office to duplicate any matter 
that should be handled as specified by the Joint Committee on Printing in their 
Circular No. 5. In the printing of forms, a small initial supply is duplicated and 
the balance of the order is placed with the Government Printing Office. This work 
is very carefully checked up, so that old forms will be used before a new order is 
placed. Multigraph and mimeograph machines have been found very useful for 
making slight changes on forms that have been found unsatisfactory. In this way 
they are made serviceable and a great saving has been effected in this manner. 

Item 6 .—As stated previously, all of this machinery was purchased during the war 
emergency and none has been purchased since March 1, 1919. It is believed that a 
very great amount of this work will be eliminated after the Claims Board and Salvage 
Board have completed the work assigned to them. 


BUREAU OF INSULAR AFFAIRS. 

Item 1 .—This bureau has one multigraph machine, located at 1725 F Street NW. 
Cost $325. Seven or eight years old. Operated by hand; no motor; no self-feeder; 
use metal type; type set by hand from cylinder containing supply of type. 

This bureau also has one mimeograph machine, located at 1725 F Street. Cost $160. 
Three or four years old. Operated by electric motor; equipped with self-feeder and 
automatic ink rollers. 

Item 2 .—Multigraph used to run tabulated statements including such as used in 
semiannual statistical statement of commerce of the Philippine Islands and similar 
work. See sample attached hereto. Run from 1,000 to 2,000 copies. 

Circular letters and other matter required in connection with same. Fifty to five 
hundred copies. See samples herewith. 

Mimeograph is used for printing narrative matter in connection with semiannual 
statistical statement of commerce of Philippine Islands. See sample herewith. 
Also to print circular letters, circulars, etc., involving too much typesetting to be 
done conveniently on the multigraph. Fifty to one thousand or more copies. 

Item 3 .—None in use. 

Item A .—Use of machines is very irregular. On average does not take one clerk’s 
time for more than three or four hours a week. No particular clerk assigned to operate 
machines. Use of machines so irregular that matter to be run off is done by whatever 
employee is available at time. Matter set up by different clerks whose salaries range 
from $1,000 to $1,800. Where large number of copies are required machines run by 
messenger. Salaries paid from legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation act. 

Item 5 .—None employed. 

Item 6 .—None issued. 



INDEPENDENT ESTABLISHMENTS. 


NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON AERONAUTICS. 

Washington, D. C., March 17, 1920. 
Chairman Joint Committee on Printing, 

Congress of the United States, Washington f D. C. 

Sir: In reply to your circular letter of February 20, 1920, request¬ 
ing a statement concerning printing and duplicating devices, you are 
advised as follows: 

Item 1 .—This committee has one mimeograph machine, for operation by hand, 
which is located in room 2722, New Navy Building, and which cost $75. 

Item 2 . —The Office of Aeronautical Intelligence of this committee circulates weekly 
40 copies each of two bulletins of six pages and one page, respectively, samples of 
which are attached. There are approximately three or four letters duplicated each 
month, and there is an average total of about 325 copies. Samples of three of these 
letters are inclosed. 

Item 3. —None. 

Item 4 .—One typist, with pay at the rate of $1,140 per annum, utilizes approxi¬ 
mately 20 per cent of his time operating the mimeograph. 

Items 5-6. —None. 

Respectfully, 

National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 

J. F. Victory, Assistant Secretary. 


ALIEN PROPERTY CUSTODIAN. 

Washington, D. C., February 25, 1920. 

Hon. Reed Smoot, 

Chairman Joint Committee on Printing. 

My Dear Sir: Replying to your inquiry of the 20th instant, I beg 
to advise that the Alien Property Custodian has not purchased and 
does not maintain any equipment for the purpose of producing any 
printed or typewritten matter other than that which is used exclu¬ 
sively in the preparation of office records. 

Respectfully, 

N. B. Dreher, Director. 


UNITED STATES CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION. 

Washington, D. C., March J, 1920. 
Chairman Joint Committee on Printing, 

Room 69, United States Capitol, Washington, D. C. 

Sir: Referring to your letter of February 20, 1920, regarding 
mimeographs and multigraphs and other devices now being used by 
the various Government offices in producing printed matter, the 

89 





90 


MIMEOGRAPHING AND MULTIGRAPHING. 


commission has the honor to submit the following report covering 
the machines in use by this office: 

Item 1 .—One multigraph machine, motor-driven, prints with ribbon attachment 
and uses multigraph type set with fork, also has automatic ink rollers and self-feeder, 
purchased November 5, 1917, at a cost of $600. Machine located at commission’s 
building, Washington, D. C. 

Two mimeograph machines, motor-driven, using dermatype stencils for reproduc¬ 
tion work, equipped with self-feeders, one machine purchased April 6, 1917, and the 
other machine purchased June 24, 1918. Cost of each machine $140. Both machines 
located in the commission’s building, Washington, D. C. 

Item 2 .~The above-described multigraph and mimeographs are used for duplicating 
announcements of examinations and letters to local boards of examiners, where the 
work is needed immediately. All the circulars are for the purpose of adver¬ 
tising examinations and for communicating with local boards and representa¬ 
tives throughout the country. Often these are required on a few hours’ notice, 
and it would be impossible for the Government Printing Office to print them within 
the time required. Samples are attached showing the work turned out by this office. 
The commission does not issue any journals, magazines, periodicals, or other similar 
publications. 

On the multigraph machine the output for the last six months was 653,000 copies at 
a cost, including paper, of $1,143. 

On the two mimeographs the output for the last six months was 1,056,000 copies at 
a cost, including paper, of $1,512. 

Item 3 .—One addressograph machine, motor driven, cost $325, located in commis- 
mission’s building, Washington, D. C., was purchased May 20, 1918, on requisition 
of the commission under authority contained in the appropriation for contingent 
expenses of the Department of the Interior. 

Two folding machines, motor driven, cost of both $307, one machine purchased 
April 24, 1916, and the other machine purchased on October 25, 1918. Both machines 
located in the commission’s building, Washington, D. C., and purchased on requisition 
by the commission under authority contained in the appropriation for contingent 
expenses of the Department of the Interior. 

Item 4 .—On the multigraph machine there is one clerk, at $1,600 per annum, who 
gives one-third of his time to the supervision and operation of this machine, and a 
multigraph operator, at $1,400 per annum, who gives three-fourths of his time to the 
operation of the multigraph. 

The first-named employee is carried on the statutory rolls of the commission and 
the second employee is detailed to the fourth civil-service district from the Federal 
Board for Vocational Education. 

One clerk, at $1,200 per annum, devotes all his time to the operation of the mimeo¬ 
graphs, and this employee is carried on the commission’s salary roll for additional 
employees. 

The addressograph machine is operated by a messenger boy, whose salary is $480 per 
annum. He is carried on the salary roll of the commission for additional"employees, 
is employed about one day each week in the operation of this machine in connection 
with his other work. 

Various employees of the office operate the folding machines when necessity arises 
and no regular employee is assigned to the supervision and operation of these machines. 

Item 5 .—The commission has no person who spends all or part of his time to gather, 
write, or edit publicity or press matter, except for the advertising of examinations. 

Item 6. —None. 

By direction of the commission: 

Very respectfully, 


Martin A. Morrison, President. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 


91 


UNITED STATES EMPLOYEES’ COMPENSATION COMMISSION. 


Washington, D. C., March 13, 1920. 
Joint Committee on Printing, 

Washington, D. C. 

Gentlemen: The commission has the honor to acknowledge re¬ 
ceipt of your circular letter of February 20 in regard to the investiga¬ 
tion of Government printing as made by the Joint Committee on 
Printing, and, in reply to the various paragraphs, you are advised as 
follows: 


Item 1 .—This commission has one motor-driven mimeographing machine which is 
used for all of the work of the commission. This machine was purchased April 28, 
1917, at a cost of $145. Tt is equipped with a self-feeder, and, after the stencils have 
been prepared, it is operated by a messenger, who is also a supply-room custodian, 
who is paid at the rate of $840 per annum. 

Item 2.—Inclosed herewith find copies of the different kinds of work done on the 
mimeographing machine. 

Item 3. —In connection with the forms which the commission prepares on the mimeo¬ 
graph, you are advised that the purpose in doing this is that the form is in its experi¬ 
mental stage, and if, after using the form for some period, it is found not desirable to 
add any further question, then the commission has the form set up at the Government 
Printing Office. 

Item 4 .—During the past six months there has been no publicity matter printed on 
the mimeograph machine, and the only instance in the past when this has been done 
was when the commission made a summary of the principal facts embraced in the 
first annual report. 


Item 5 .—With reference to the folding and expense incident thereto, you are advised 
that these form letters are folded by any employee who may have occasion to use 
fthem; therefore, there is no additional expense. 


It may be added, however, that at such times as there is delay at 
the Government Printing Office in supplying the commission with 
printing matter ordered, the commission has temporarily mimeo¬ 
graphed some forms for immediate use. This hats not been done at 
^ny time within the past year. 

By direction of the commission: 

Respectfully, 


S. R. Golibart, Jr., Secretary. 


UNITED STATES BUREAU OF EFFICIENCY. 

Washington, D. C., February 25, 1920. 

Hon. Reed Smoot, 

Chairman Joint Committee on Printing. 

My Dear Senator Smoot: I submit herewith the information 
requested in your letter of the 20th instant regarding mimeographs, 
multigraphs, and other printing devices: 

Item 1 .—The printing equipment in the possession of the Bureau of Efficiency 
consists of the following: 


1 multigraph (the American Multigraph Co.); lead type, set by hand and fed 

and operated by hand; original cost. $290 

1 mimeograph with mimeoscope (A. B. Dick Co.); impression made from stencil; 

automatic feeder, and operated by motor; original cost. 200 

1 Commercial duplicator (Duplicator Manufacturing Co.); impression on gelatine 
roll from typewritten copy made with duplicating ribbon; operated by hand; 
original cost... 100 






92 


MIMEOGRAPHING AND MULTIGRAPHING. 


Item 2 .—This equipment is used almost exclusively for printing form letters, instruc¬ 
tions, office memoranda, etc. Occasionally questionnaire forms are sent out to the 
various Government departments and leading business establishments. The choice 
of machine in each case is determined by the size and nature of the form to be printed. 
The following samples are submitted to illustrate the class of work turned out by each 
machine: 


Exhibit A, printed on the multigraph. 4,000 copies, approximate cost per 100.. $1. 13 
Exhibit B, printed on the mimeograph, 300 copies, approximate cost per 100.. 1. 00 

Exhibit C, printed on commercial duplicator. 500 copies, approximate cost 

per 100..... 2.10 

Item 3 .—No equipment for addressing, folding, and mailing forms is in the possession 
of the Bureau of Efficiency. 

Item 4 —'The operation of the printing equipment on hand does not require the con¬ 
tinuous services of one person. When there is a necessity for this character of work 
any one of the stenographers may be called upon. 


Items 5-6 .—There are no persons engaged in gathering, writing, or editing publicity 
or press matter. 


Very respectfully, 


Herbert D. Brown, 

Chief Bureau of Efficiency. 


COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS. 

Washington, D. C., March 5, 1920. 

Sir: In reply to your letter of February 20 advising that the 
Joint Committee on Printing has ascertained that mimeographs, 
multigraphs, and other devices are now being used by various Gov¬ 
ernment departments in the production of publicity matter instead 
of having the same printed by the Government Printing Office, or 
other printing plants, and requesting a report from the Commission 
of Fine Arts concerning this matter, I have to advise that the Com¬ 
mission of Fine Arts has complied strictly with the regulations set 
forth by the Joint Committee on Printing, and since July, 1919, has 
had all of its printing done at the Government Printing Office. The 
Commission of Fine Arts has had no occasion to use any mimeograph, 
or multigraph work. 

By direction of the secretary : 

Respectfully, 

H. P. Caemmerer, 

Clerk to the Commission. 

Hon. Reed Smoot, 

Chairman Joint Committee on Printing. 


HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 

Washington, D. C., February 28, 1920. 

Hon. Reed Smoot, 

Chairman Joint Committee on Printing. 

Dear Sir: Replying to your circular letter of February 20, you 
are informed that in this office no mimeographs, multigraphs, or other 
similar devices are in use. 

Very truly, yours, 

Wm. Tyler Page, 

Clerk of the House of Representatives. 






MISCELLANEOUS. 


93 


INTERNATIONAL HIGH COMMISSION. 


Treasury Department, 
Washington, D. C., March SO, 1920. 
Sir: Referring to your circular inquiry of February 20 with refer¬ 
ence to the use of mimeograph, multigraph, and other devices, I have 
the honor to make the following report on behalf of the United States 
Section of the International High Commission: 

1. The office of the United States Section of the International High Commission 
has no equipment of the kind indicated, and has had all work of this character done by 
the mimeograph section of the Treasury Department. In connection with the Second 
Pan American Financial Conference a number of statements, reports, lists, and circu¬ 
lars were produced during the months of December, January, and February. The 
amount and character of the paper used has not been calculated inasmuch as it will 
have been included in the general report submitted for the Treasury Department. 
It is not contemplated that further work will be required. 

2. Until shortly prior to the convening of the Second Pan American Financial 
Conference, the work of assembling addresses and other material to bo issued for 
publication during the conference was. done as extra work, without compensation, 
by regular Treasury Department employees. On December 19, however, it became 
necessary to employ extra assistance for this work, and this extra help was kept until 
January 29, this date marking the close of the conference. The total compensation 
of such assistance, including clerical and messenger help required in the performance 
of these duties, amounted to $493. This compensation was paid from the appropria¬ 
tion made by the Sixty-fourth Congress in Public Act 379 for the defrayal of expenses 
arising in connection with the Second Pan American Financial Conference. The 
dispatch of committee reports and statements to which reference is made in the fore¬ 
going paragraph has been taken care of by the regular clerical employees of the office. 


Respectfully, 


D. F. Houston, 

Secretary of the Treasury, 
and Chairman United States Section 

International High Commission. 


Hon. Reed Smoot, 

Chairman Joint Committee on Printing. 


INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION. 

Washington, D. C., March 2, 1920. 

Hon. Reed Smoot, 

Chairman Joint Committee on Printing. 

My Dear Senator: In reply to your inquiry of the 20th ultimo, I 
would advise that the Interstate Commerce Commission does not 
use any mimeograph, multigraph, or other device in connection with 
the printing of any publicity or press matter. 

May I advise further that we have no person in the employ of this 
commission who is engaged in gathering, writing, or editing publicity 
>or press matter. 

Yours, truly, 


G. B. McGinty, Secretary. 



94 


MIMEOGRAPHING AND MULTIGRAPHING. 


LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. 

Washington, D. C., March 9, 1920. 

Sir : In response to your communication of F ebruary 20: 

Item lr —The multigraphs, mimeographs, and similar devices now being used in 
the Library of Congress proper number three, as follows: 

1 multigraph (flexotype), in office of chief clerk, original cost.- $191 

Not operated" by motor; not equipped with self-feeder, automatic ink 
roller, or other similar devices; metal type used; purchased 1914. 

1 mimeograph, in Division of Bibliography, original cost.. 181 

Operated by motor; has self-feeding attachment; stencil (cut on type¬ 
writer) is used; purchased 1917. 

1 mimeograph, in Legislative Reference Division, original cost. 120 

Operated by motor; has self-feeding attachment; stencil (cut on type¬ 
writer) is used; purchased 1919 under appropriation for furniture (legislative 
act, July 8, 1918). 

Item 2 .—The work done by each machine is as follows: 

Multigraph (flexotype) in office of chief clerk: Miscellaneous memoranda and certain 
communications requiring a dozen copies, more or less; also used to fill in addresses 
in printed letters. No record kept of number of copies struck off, probably not less 
than 50 or more than 500 in any instance. Unable to estimate cost. 

The machine is operated only very occasionally and then by an assistant employed 
as photostat operator whose regular salary is $1,080. 

Mimeograph in Division of Bibliography: Lists of references of a few sheets each 
when the copies required number more than can be furnished economically by typing 
and less than would justify the cost of printing. From 50 to 100 copies are struck off. 
Cost of paper in a year less than $75. 

A junior messenger at $420 is employed a few hours a week in operating machine. 

Mimeograph in Legislative Reference Division: Digests of bills of Congress, rush 
work. Number of sheets to a digest, 1 to 20. Number of copies struck off, 50 to 200. 
Number of issues in a month, 20 to 50. Cost of paper in nine months, $150. 

Salary of operator, $720. 

Specimens of the different kinds of matter struck off submitted herewith. 

Item 3 .—There is one addressing machine used in the Library proper; but no other 
equipment of any kind “used for the distribution of matter reported on herein.” 

The addressing" machine is in the Card Division; purchased, 1903; original cost, $215. 

One hundred thousand labels and from 7,500 to 10,000 envelopes addressed in course 
of year in connection with the sale and distribution of catalogue cards. There are 
2,700 subscribing libraries, and the sales net the Government a profit. 

The machine is used for about four hours once a week by a member of the force 
employed in card distribution work. His regular salary is $660. 

Item 4 .—Three persons are engaged part time and one full time in the operation of 
these machines: 9 

Multigraph (flexotype) in office of chief clerk: Operated by assistant employed as 
photostat operator. 

His work with the multigraph does not now average an hour a week. 

Salary as photostat operator, $1,080; paid from appropriation “Salaries, Library of 
Congress, 1920” (legislative reference). 

Mimeograph in Division of Bibliography: Operated by junior messenger. 

Work with mimeograph averages a few hours each week. 

Salary as junior messenger, $420, paid from appropriation “Salaries, library of Con¬ 
gress, 1920.” 

Mimeograph in Legislative Reference Division: Operator at salary of $720, paid from 
appropriation “Salaries, Library of Congress, 1920” (legislative reference). 

Addressing machine in Card Division: Operated by member of division staff who 
devotes on the average about four hours per week to this work. 

His regular salary in connection with card distribution work is $660, paid from 
appropriation “Salaries, Library of Congress, 1920” (cards). 

Item 5 .—No member of Library staff engaged in “gathering, writing, or editing 
publicity or press matter.” 

Item 6 .—No publicity and press matter prepared. 

Respectfully, 

Herbert Putnam, Librarian.. 

Hon. Reed Smoot, 

Chairman, Joint Committee on Printing. 





MISCELLANEOUS. 


95 


PANAMA CANAL. 

Washington, D. C., March 9, 1920 . 
Joint Committee on Printing, 

Washington, D. C. 

Gentlemen : In accordance with your circular letter dated Feb¬ 
ruary 20, 1920, relative to the use of mimeographs, multigraphs, and 
other similar devices, I beg to submit the following report on behalf 
of the Washington office of the Panama Canal. The various items 
are set forth in the order called for* in your letter. 

Item, 1 .—Two rotary mimeograph machines (Edison-Dick); one machine being held 
in service to take care of breakdown of the other machine, and when the quantity 
of work demands it both machines are used at the same time. These machines are 
located at the Panama Canal office, 1709 G Street NW., Washington, D. C. Both 
machines are operated by motor, equipped with self-feeders and automatic ink rollers.. 
No metal type is used. One machine was purchased September 11, 1913, at $140, 
and the other machine on July 2, 1917, at $145. No machine has been bought since 
March 1, 1919. 

. Item 2 .-—‘The mimeograph machines are principally used for printing mimeographed 
circulars inviting bids for supplies where delivery of the material is urgently needed 
or the amounts involved are small. It has been our practice to issue mimeographed 
circulars inviting bids in this manner for the last 15 or 16 years, and it has been found 
that by inviting bids through this form of advertisement considerable expense has 
been saved; also considerable time is saved in the issuance of circulars when bids 
are invited under mimeographed circulars rather than printed circulars. Samples of 
the work are attached hereto. 

In addition to the circulars just referred to there is a small amount of mimeograph¬ 
ing work done in connection with various forms used in the Washington office of the 
Panama Canal. The cost of these forms is included in the cost given below for ink, 
paper, etc. Samples of these forms are also inclosed herewith. 

Forty circulars inviting bids were issued during the period July 1 to December 31, 
1919, inclusive, approximately 11 pages to the circular and 1,000 copies of each 
circular. 

The cost of this mimeographing was as follows: 


Cost of ink, stencils, and repairs to machines. $203. 20 

Cost of paper (1,000 reams').$941. 70 

Weight of paper, 17 by 28 inches.pounds.. 3fr 

Two stapling machines.each.. $2. 50 

Cost of staples. $8. 00 


Item 3 .—One addressograph machine, with power attachment, is in use in this 
office, the same having been purchased on November 19, 1914, at a cost of $157.50. 
This machine was purchased under the general authority contained in the Panama 
Canal act approved August 24. 1912, and the authority contained in congressional 
appropriations for the operation and maintenance of the Panama Canal. 

Item 4 .—Two employees designated as messenger-clerks, at salaries of $1,000 and 
$780, respectively, per annum (plus bonus), handle the operation of the mimeograph 
machines and the distribution of the mimeographed circulars. It should be stated, 
however, that only about 40 per cent of their time is consumed in this work. 

The operation of the addressograph machine requires the time of one messenger 
boy about two hours a week. This work is performed in addition to his regular duties 
as messenger boy, and he receives no additional compensation therefor. 

Items 5-6. —None. 

Very respectfully, 


A. L. Flint, Chief of Office. 







96 


MIMEOGRAPHING AND MULTIGRAPHING. 


GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 

Washington, D. C., March 9, 1920. 

Sir: This will acknowledge receipt of your circular of February 20 
relative to the question of mimeographs, multigraphs, and other 
devices that are now being used by the various Government depart¬ 
ments and services in the production of vast publicity matter and 
printing instead of having same printed by the Government Printing 
Office or other printing plants. 

Replying thereto, you are advised that this office uses, no me¬ 
chanical devices for publicity work, with the exception that the 
purchasing division has a duplicating machine which is used in making 
duplicates of specifications from original typewritten copy. The 
cost of this machine is $45. No type of any kind is used and no 
additional employees required to operate it. It is a saying in steno¬ 
graphic force where the number of copies is greater than can be 
reproduced on a typewriter in one writing. When specifications in 
excess of 50 copies are required, they are printed in the office. 

Respectfully, 

Cornelius Ford, Public Printer. 

Chairman Joint Committee on Printing, 

United States Senate , Washington, P. C. 


PUBLIC BUILDINGS COMMISSION. 

Washington, D. C., February 21, 1920. 

Hon. Reed Smoot, 

Chairman Joint Committee on Printing. 

My Dear Senator: Reference is made to your letter of the 20th 
instant, making inquiry as to the amount of machinery and other 
equipment in possession of this commission used in producing printed 
or duplicated matter. 

In reply, you are advised that there is no equipment of this sort 
in possession of the commission. 

Yours, very truly, 

Edward Clark, Secretary. 


FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD. 

Washington, D. C., March 8, 1920. 
Joint Commission on Printing, 

Washington, D. C. 

Gentlemen: In response to your printed letter of February 20, 
with reference to the issuance of publicity matter prepared other 
than by the Government Printing Office, the following is submitted: 

The Federal Reserve Board issues weekly in mimeograph form a 
statement of condition of Federal reserve banks as required in 
section 11a, which provides that the Federal Reserve Board— 

shall publish weekly a statement showing the condition of each reserve bank and a 
consolidated statement for all banks. 




MISCELLANEOUS. 


97 


The only other publicity matter issued by the board in other 
than printed form prepared by the Government Printing Office 
consists of certain brief statements for the press, containing informa¬ 
tion regarding the operation of the Federal reserve banks or state¬ 
ments on allied banking and business statistics. 

The expenses of the Federal Reserve Board are met by levy 
against the earnings of the Federal reserve banks, and no salaries 
or expenses in connection with the operation of the Federal Reserve 
Board are met by congressional appropriation. 

Very truly, yours, 

R. G. Emerson, Assistant Secretary . 


UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD. 


Washington, D. C., March 28, 1920. 

Hon. Reed Smoot, 

United States Senate , Washington, D. C. 

My Dear Senator Smoot: In response to your letter of the 20th 
ultimo, asking for a statement from the Shipping Board as to the 
extent to wffiich mechanical duplicating is being done instead of hav¬ 
ing the same printed or reproduced by the Government Printing 
Office or other plants, the following is submitted by corresponding 
paragraphs: 

Item 1. —Number, kind, location, and cost of all machinery for duplicating purposes: 


2 multigraph machines, motor driven, equipped with self-feeders, auto¬ 
matic ink rollers, metal type, composed by hand forks from flexo and 
compo typesetters; purchased prior to Mar. 1, 1919. 

6 mimeograph machines, motor driven, equipped with self-feeders, semi¬ 
automatic inking equipment, dermatvpe stencil sheets prepared on 
typewriting machines; purchased: 2 on May 22, 1919; 2 on May 29, 1919; 
2 prior to Mar. ], 1919, by authority of the secretary of the United States 
Shipping Board. 

1 commercial duplicator No. 1, semiautomatic feed, equipped with gelatine 

roll, uses master sheets prepared on typewriting machines; purchased 
prior to Mar. 1, 1919. 

4 photostat machines, No. 3, Eastman; purchased prior to Mar. 1, 1919... 

2 revolute dryers used in connection with the photostat machines; pur¬ 
chased prior to Mar. 1, 1919.-. 

6 paper cutting machines for trimming photostat productions; purchased 
prior to Mar. 1, 1919. 


Cost. 


SI, 538. 00 


810. 00 

85. 00 
4, 619. 92 

912. 00 

114. 00 


All of the equipment enumerated above is located at 1319 F Street 
NW., this city, and, with the exception noted under mimeograph 
machines, was purchased prior to March 1, 1919. 

Item 2 .—The equipment listed in the foregoing paragraph is utilized in producing 
letter forms, card forms, office circulars, letterheads for emergency use, interoffice 
memoranda, etc., reproducing Treasury vouchers, etc. The number of copies varies 
from 1 in the case of photostats of vouchers, to 150,000 in the case of letterheads. 
Samples of the Work accomplished on the multigraph machines, marked “A,” are 
attached; these samples give an idea of the character and average quality. The 
cost of paper varies according to size, weight, color, etc. 

The mimeograph equipment is used in producing letter froms, card forms, office 
circulars, etc., the number of each varying according to the requirements of the 
respective authors. The forms attached, marked “B,” are samples cf this class of 
work. As a general thing, the most inexpensive paper is used in c onnection with 
the mimeograph machines. 


172219—20-7 








98 


MIMEOGRAPHING AND MULTIGRAPHING. 


The photostat equipment is used in reproducing maps, charts, tracings, vouchers, 
checks, correspondence, reports, and miscellaneous data of which facsimiles are 
required or where the matter to he reproduced is of such an intricate character as to 
entail prohibitive expense if otherwise copied. No samples of this class of work 
have been retained, and none are submitted. 

No journals, magazines, periodicals, or similar publications are 
printed by the Shipping Board. 

Item 3 .— Cost. 

1 Addressograph machine, 1-F-1B, motor driven; purchased Aug. 26, 1919, by- 

authority of the secretary of the United States Shipping Board.-. $250 

1 Portland multiple punching machine, with punching members, motor driven; 

purchased prior to Mar. 1, 1919. 330 

1 Boston wire stitcher No. 2; purchased from the Emergency Fleet Corpora¬ 
tion on Nov. 12, 1919, by authority of the secretary of the United States 

Shipping Board. 205 

1 standard envelope sealer, model H; purchased prior to Mar. 1, 1919. 50 

1 electric letter opener; purchased prior to Mar. 1, 1919. 25 

Item 4 .—The number of persons employed in the operation and supervision of the 
machines and equipment reported on under paragraphs 1 and 3 is detailed below: 
Multigraph unit.—3 persons in the operation and supervision *of machines and equip¬ 
ment, Boom 204, 1319 F Street: 

Per 


1 at.$1, 200 


Per 

annum 


2 at each.$1,080 


All carried on the Division of Operations pay roll. 

Mimeograph unit.—5 persons employed in operating machines and supervision of 
work and equipment, Room 204, 1319 F Street: 


Per 

annum. 

1 at.$1,200 

2 at each. 900 


1 at. 
1 at. 


Per 

annum. 

$780 

720 


All carried on the Division of Operations pay roll. 

Commercial duplicator.—This machine is little used, and is operated by various 
individuals without specific salary charge. 

Addressograph machine.—Operated by various individuals without specific salary 
charge. 

Punching machine and wire stitching machine.—Operated by individuals attached 
to the stenographic and typing units. 

Photostat unit.— 


Per 

annum. 


1 at.$1, 560 

4 at each.1- 1,200 

6 at each. 1,080 

1 at. 1,000 


1 at. 

5 at each. 

1 at. 

1 at. 


Per 

annum. 

$960 

900 

840 

720 


All of these individuals are located in Room 205, 1319 F Street, 
and are carried on the pay rolls of the Division of Operations, as 
clerks. 


Item 5 .—One individual, at a salary of $3,600 per annum, and one messenger 'at a 
salary of $480, are assigned to the secretary’s office and charged with the distribution 
of publicity matter to the public and the press. It is the duty of this employee to 
keep in touch with the activities of the various shipyards, the Emergency Fleet Cor¬ 
poration, and the Shipping Board, and to maintain information concerning them for 
Issue to representatives of trade organizations, chambers of commerce, officials, or 
newspapers. He is also charged with editing articles on recruiting in connection 
with the merchant marine, and such other duties as would obviously attach thereto. 
Authority for the employment oi; this man is contained in section 4 of the Shipping 
Board Act. He is paid from Shipping Board appropriations, as is also the messenger 
at $480 per annum. 

Item —The quantity of publicity and press matter is restricted to correspondence 
or press notices. In the latter case, a medium weight of soft mimeograph paper is 
used; a sample of such a notice is attached hereto, marked “0”. 
























MISCELLANEOUS. 


99 


For the information of and possible interest to the Joint Committee 
on Printing, I am also forwarding a report with exhibits as submitted 
by the Emergency Fleet Corporation, of Philadelphia, Pa. These are 
marked “D”. 

Very respectfully, yours, 

John J. Flaherty, Secretary. 


SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 

Washington, February 25, 1920. 

Sir: In reply to your communication of February 20, I beg to 
say that there are no mimeograph or other duplicating machines in 
the Government branches under the Institution which are used for 
other than correspondence and office-record matters. 

Very respectfully, yours, 

C. D. Walcott, Secretary. 

Hon. Reed Smoot, 

Chairman Joint Committee on Printing. 


Congress of the United States, 

Joint Committee on Printing, 

February 27, 1920. 

Mr. C. D. Walcott, 

Secretary Smithsonian Institution. 

Dear Sir: I have your letter of February 25, 1920, stating in 
response to the committee’s inquiry of February 20 that there are no 
mimeographing or other duplicating machines in the Government 
branches under the Smithsonian Institution which are used for other 
than correspondence and office-record matters. 

I inclose herewith a number of publicity articles received from the 
Smithsonian Institution. For the information of the committee, 
will you kindly advise me how these and similar articles have been 
produced and who owns the machines used for this work ? The 
committee’s inquiry of February 20 was intended to include such 
publicity matter as I inclose herewith. 

Kindly return the articles with your reply. 

Respectfully, 

Reed Smoot, Chairman. 


Smithsonian Institution, 
'Washington , D. C., March 1, 1920. 

Dear Senator: I beg leave to acknowledge the receipt of your 
letter of February 27, replying to mine of the 25th, in which I stated 
that there are no mimeographing or other duplicating machines in 
the Government branches under the Smithsonian Institution which 
are used for other than correspondence and office record matters. 

Replying to your further inquiry, I beg leave to say that the press 
statements t'o which you refer are prepared by the editor of the 
Institution, who is paid irom the Smithsonian fund; the clerk m his 





100 


MIMEOGRAPHING AND MULTIGRAPHING. 


office who writes the stencils is also paid from the Smithsonian fund; 
the messenger hoy who prints the articles is paid from the Smith¬ 
sonian fund, and the mimeograph machine on which they are printed 
was bought and paid for from the Smithsonian fund. I he Smith¬ 
sonian fund, as you know, was established “for the increase and 
diffusion of knowledge among men,” and we regard the dissemination 
of scientific information in popular form through the press to the 
public as one of the important agencies for carrying out the founder s 

The statements which you inclosed are returned herewith as 
requested. 

Sincerely, yours, 

Charles D. Walcott, Secretary. 

Hon. Heed Smoot, 

Chairman Joint Committee on Printing. 


UNITED STATES TARIFF COMMISSION. 

Washington, U. C., February 25, 1920. 

My Dear Senator: Replying to vour inquiry of the 20th instant, 
we beg to advise you that this commission has m its use the following 
equipment of the character referred to by you: 

One mimeograph machine, one multigraph machine, and one addressograph ma¬ 
chine— 

which are used in connection with the correspondence of the office 
incidental to the transaction of its routine business. No person is 
assigned exclusively to the operation of these machines, and the only 
publicity matter which is sent out by their use consists of press notices 
as to the availability of publications of the commission. Each of 
these machines is driven by electric motor and uses ribbons for making 
the impressions. It is not believed that the amount or character of 
work done on these machines is sufficient to have any appreciable 
effect upon the total which will be shown by reports from Government 
establishments as a whole. 

If further details are desired, we shall be glad, of course, to furnish 
them at any time. 

Very truly, yours, 

United States Tariff Commission. 

By John F. Betiiune, Secretary. 

Hon. Reed Smoot, 

Chairman Joint Committee on Printing. 

FEDERAL BOARD FOR VOCATIONAL EDUCATION. 

Washington, D. C., March 15, 1920. 

Hon. Reed Smoot, 

Chairman Joint Committee on Printing. 

Sir: There is transmitted herewith, in response to a request of the 
Joint Committee on Printing, under date of February 20, 1920, 
by the Federal Board for Vocational Education, the following 
material: 

1. Table containing information asked for in numbered paragraph 1 
of the committee’s communication. 


MISCELLANEOUS. 


101 


2. Table containing information asked for in numbered paragraph 
3 of the committee’s communication. 

3. Statement containing information asked for in numbered para¬ 
graph 4 of the committee’s communication. 

4. Statement containing information asked for in numbered para¬ 
graph 5 of the committee’s communication. 

5. Statement containing information asked for in the first half of 
numbered paragraph fi of the committee’s communication. 

This material covers only the offices of the board in Washington. 
A report covering the field service of the board will be made on or 
before April 15, 1920. 

Regarding the request of the committee made in portions of num¬ 
bered paragraphs 2 and 6 of its communication, the board desires to 
state that it is impossible to obtain an approximation of the kind and 
weight of paper used in the publication of such matter during any 
period, for the reason that the consumption of paper used in mimeo¬ 
graphing also covers forms and circulars issued in connection with the 
interoffice work of the board, both in Washington and the field, and 
because no classified record has been kept of the uses to which paper 
consumed in mimeographing has been put. For this reason any 
attempted statement would be misleading and of no value. 

The request of the committee made in a portion of numbered para¬ 
graph 5 of its communication, to state the authority for the employ¬ 
ment of the class of persons therein referred to, is not understood. 
Such information as the committee desires will be promptly furnished 
upon receipt of further advice in the premises. 

Sain pies of publicity matter produced and distributed are herewith 
submitted. These samples cover a period beginning September 1, 
1919, and ending February 29, 1920. 

All such material has been mimeographed. None has been printed. 
This matter has been compiled and distributed from the board’s offices 
in Washington. The field service of the board has neither produced 
nor distributed such matter. 

This publicity material is divided into three parts: 

1. The lists show the names of men in training, their home towns, 
and the institutions in which they have been placed. Information of 
this kind has frequently been asked for by a considerable number of 
Members of Congress. In their requests they explained that it was 
desired to have this information in order that they might be in a posi¬ 
tion to answer inquiries from their constituents from time to time as 
to the progress which the board was making in handling the cases of 
disabled soldiers, sailors, and marines. This material was also sent 
to the larger newspapers of the country upon the suggestion of certain 
Members of Congress, and has been widely distributed to date. 
These lists were also requested by mayors of various cities, especially 
in the larger cities of the United States. They were also used by the 
Red Cross, the Public Health Service, and the War Risk. Burean. 

2. The typewritten material on second sheets consists of feature 
stories which were mailed with photographs to newspapers of the 
United States, upon the request of editors. A letter was received 
requesting each article here shown; and the board has also received 
numerous letters from editors requesting the same material, which it 
was unable to furnish. The purpose of these articles is to show what 
the Government has been doing for its disabled soldiers, sailors, and 
marines. 


102 


MIMEOGRAPHING AND MULTIGRAPHING. 


3. The mimeographed material consists of general stories sent to 
newspapers, magazines, and periodicals upon request. The article 
entitled “Women in Industry Since the 'War” was written by Mrs. 
Anna Laylor Burdick, the hoard’s special agent for women’s trades, 
for the Vocational Summary, which is published by the board and 
printed at the Government Printing Office. As soon as the edition 
of the Summary in which this article appeared had been distributed 
requests for the article from all sections of the country began to be 
received by the board in large number. In order to meet these 
demands, it was deemed necessary to supply them with a mimeo¬ 
graphed copy of the aiticle. 

The greatest possible economy has been practiced in the use of 
paper. None of this material has been sent to Washington corre¬ 
spondents, and in practically every case, as above stated, the material 
has been sent only upon the request of an editor of a newspaper. 

The photographs of individuals have been secured at no cost to 
the Government, having been furnished in each case by the trainee 
or by the head of the institution in which he was placed. The pho¬ 
tographs showing groups of men in training were in all cases furnished 
without cost to the Government by the institutions to which the men 
had been sent. 

By direction of the board. 

Respectfully, 

James P. Munroe, Vice Chairman. 


Items 1 and 3: 



Kind. 


Addressograph. 


Location 

(building). 


Maltby 


Hectograph. 
Mimeograph 
_do. 1 . 

Mimeoseope. 


_do.. 

_do.. 

Food Administra¬ 
tion. 

Maltby. 


1 .do. 

1 Multigraph 2 .... 
1 Sealing machine. 


Food Administra¬ 
tion. 

Maltby. 

_do. 


Cost. 

I low 
operated. 

Self or 
hand 
fed. 

Remarks. 

$307 

| Motor... 
Hand... 

/Hand... 

\$800 machine is 

SOO 

175 

(Self. 

/ automatic. 

720 

Motor... 

Self. 

Complete. 

445 

.. .do. 

.. .do. 

Do. 

40 

Hand... 


Complete with 

tools. 

40 

.. .do. 


Do. 

560 

Motor... 

Both.... 

300 

...do. 

Self. 



1 Purchased since Mar. 1, 11)19, under authority of appropriation for “Vocational Rehabilitation, 1920.”' 

2 With senior printer, typesetter, tabular stand, printing ink attachment, and signature device. 

Item 4: 

1. Number of persons employed in the operation and supervision of duplicating 
machines and equipment, 10. 

MALTBY BUILDING. 


Name. 

Title and duties. 

Salary. 

Fund from wh ich paid. 

Allen, James H. 

Cownes, Florelle. 

Flatow, John L. 

Reithmeyer, Joseph R. 

Walker, Marv Abbie. 

Wood, Mrs. Francis E. 

Youngs, Elphonzo, jr. 

Clerk, addressograph; supervisor of 
duplicating work. 

Graphotype operator. 

Ad d ressograph mech anician. 

Skilled laborer; operates machines a 
good deal. 

Multigraph operator. 

Plate cutter and addressograph op¬ 
erator. 

Messenger; mimeograph operator. 

$1,500 

1,080 

1,320 

840 

1,400 

1,320 

1,000 

Vocational rehabilita¬ 
tion. 

Do. 

Do. • 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Vocational education. 




































































MISCELLANEOUS. 


103 


NINETEENTH AND D STREETS. 


Name. 

Title and duties. 

Salary. 

Fund from which paid. 

Moore, Wm. B. 

Clerk; supervisor of mimeograph work 
(central office). 

$1,200 

Vocational rehabilita¬ 
tion. 

Miles, Joseph J. 

Multigraph operator: mimeograph 
operator. 

1,200 

Do. 

Youngs, Elphonzo, sr. 

Skilled laborer: mimeograph operator.. 

1,100 

Do. 


Item 5: 

MALTBY BUILDING. 


2. Persons engaged either all or part of their time in gathering, writing, or editing 
ublicity or press matter, not including bulletins, documents, and reports authorized 
•y law, 3. 


Name. 

Title and duties. 

Salary. 

Fund from which paid. 

Field, Albert G. 

Agent in charge of department of in¬ 
formation, writing (full time). 

Clerk, gathering and writing press 
matter (full time). 

Clerk, filing and writing press matter 
(full time). 

$2,000 

1,560 

i,400 

Vocational Rehabilita¬ 
tion. 

Do. 

Do. 

Dunlap, Henrietta F. 

Meade, Estelle H. 



WAR FINANCE CORPORATION. 

Washington, D. C., February 26, 1920. 

Hon. Reed Smoot, 

Chairman Joint Committee on Printing. 

Sir: Receipt is acknowledged of your circular of the 20th instant, 
in which it is stated that the Joint Committee on Printing has ascer¬ 
tained that mimeographs, multigraphs, and other devices are now 
being used by the various Government departments and services in 
the production of vast quantities of publicity matter and printing, 
instead of having the same printed by the Government Printing 
Office or other printing plants. 

In this connection I would advise that none of the above-mentioned 
devices are being used by the War Finance Corporation in the pro¬ 
duction of publicity matter, printing, etc. 

Respectfully, 

C. W. Hanford, Chief Clerk. 


























t 


INDEX. 


Agriculture, Department of: 
Reports, by bureaus, on— 

I tem 1.'. 

Item 2. 

Item 3. 

Item 4. 

Item 5.— 

Item 6. 

Commerce, Department of: 

Reports, by bureaus, on— 

Item 1. 

Item 2. 

Item 3. 

Item 4. 

Item 5. 

Item 6. 

Independent establishments: 
Aeronautics, National Advisory 

Committee on. 

Alien Property Custodian. 

Civil Service Commission. 

Compensation, Commission, Em¬ 
ployees’ . 

Efficiency, Bureau of. 

Fine Arts. Commission of. 

House of Representatives. 

International High Commission. 
Interstate Commerce Commis¬ 
sion . 

Library of Congress. 

Panama Canal. 

Printing Office, Government_ 

Public Buildings Commission... 

Reserve Board, Federal. 

Shipping Board. 

Smiths;mian Institution. 

Tariff Commission. 

Vocational Education, Federal 

Board for. 

War Finance Corporation. 

Interior, Department of: 

Paper shortage; circular of de¬ 
partment relative to. 

Reports, by bureaus— 

Capitol Buildings and Grounds 

Education. 

Freedmen’s Hospital. 

General Land Office. 

Geological Survey. 

Indian Affairs. 

Mines. 

Patent Office. 

Pension Office. 

Reclamation Service. 

St. Elizabeths Hospital. 

Secretary’s Office. 

Justice, Department of: 

Letter of inquiry. 

Report. 

104 


Page. 

8 

13 

15 

18 

21 

21 


22 

23 

24 

24 

25 
25 


89 

89 

89 

91 

91 

92 
92 
GS 


93 

94 

95 

96 
96 

96 

97 
99 

100 

100 

103 


26 


LI 

27 

29 

31 

29 

30 

32 
35 

37 

38 

39 
39 

41 

42 


Labor, Department of: 

Reports, by bureaus— Page. 

Children’s. 45 

Employment Service.. .. 45 

Immigration. 45 

Labor Statistics. 44 

Naturalization. 45 

Secretary, Office of the. 43 

Women’s. 45 

Letter of Joint Committee on Print¬ 
ing requesting reports on mimeo¬ 
graphing and multigraphing.... 5 

Navy Department: 

Reports, by bureaus— 

Allotment Office.. 46 

Compensation Board. 47 

Hydrographic Office. 48 

Marine Corps. 48 

Navigation. 49 

Naval Operations. 51 

Ordnance. 53 

Secretary's Office. 54 

Supplies and Accounts. 55 

Yards and Docks. 56 

Post Office Department, report of.. 57 

Summary of reports. 4 

Treasury Department: 

Reports, by bureaus— 

Chief Clerk and Superintend¬ 
ent. 60 

(’oast Guard.... 61 

Comptroller of the Currency.. 62 

Engraving and Printing. 63 

Farm Loan Board.. 64 

General Supply Committee... 71 

Internal Revenue. 64 

Printing and Stationery. 66 

Public Health. 67 

Supervising Architect. 69 

War Risk Insurance. 71 

War Department: 

Reports, by bureaus— 

Adjutant General. 80 

Air Service. 85 

Chemical Warfare. 84 

Coast Artillery. 76 

Finance Service. 77 

Inspector General.. 84 

Insular Affairs. 88 

Judge Advocate General. 79 

Militia. 85 

News. 73 

Ordnance Department. 87 

Quartermaster General. 81 

Signal Corps. 79 

Staff, Chief of. 75 

Surgeon General. 79 

Transportation Service. 78 


o 


LEJa^ 




















































































































4 


\ 


# 


I 




• * 
































/ • 







. 







«• 






















. 














■ 














































' 

‘ 























































